Out of balance: Part 2
Pharmacy is becoming a highly female-dominated profession… but is its demographic mix reflected in its leadership? Part 2 of our feature looking at women and professional leadership. See Part 1 …
Out of balance
Pharmacy is becoming a highly female-dominated profession… but is its demographic mix reflected in its leadership? According to Pharmacy Board data, more than 60% of Australian pharmacists in 2016 are …
World news wrapup: 29 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy around the world New Zealand: Two pharmacists who unintentionally dispensed 10 times the correct dose of medicine to a young child …
Expanded services not outside pharmacy scope: PSA
The PSA has hit back at claims by the AMA in its King Review submission that expanded services funded under the 6CPA are beyond pharmacists’ scope. The AMA also said …
Limit pharmacy sales, allow GP dispensing: RACGP
Strict limitations should be set on the types of products that can be sold in community pharmacies, says the RACGP This is one of 11 recommendations about pharmacy made by …
Uni of Sydney grads to be first vaccination qualified interns
University of Sydney Master of Pharmacy graduates will be the first intern pharmacists in Australia qualified to administer influenza vaccinations, as a result of an agreement between the University and …
Pharmacy owners give to help study pharmacy policy
A $140,000 gift from a group of prominent Australian pharmacy owners will help University of Sydney researchers pursue an important question: On what basis is pharmacy policy made, and is …
Town-specific diabetes service resources aid pharmacy
These could help foster collaboration between pharmacists and local allied health, a Lower Hume-based study has found Rebecca Murphy from the Lower Hume Primary Care Partnership, on behalf of the …
Upschedule codeine to reduce misuse: Canadian pharmacist
Making it prescription-only is likely the best way to address misuse and abuse in both Canada and Australia, he argues Jesse MacKinnon, who has just published an article about OTC codeine …
Poll: How can pharmacy raise wages?
Wages for pharmacists are a source of significant tension in the industry – but what would be the best way to improve them? One of the strongest themes emerging from …
La Trobe pharmacy students to get vaccination training
Pharmacy students from La Trobe University in Bendigo will be the first in Victoria – and among only a few in the country – to learn how to immunise patients …
UN General Assembly acts on antimicrobial resistance
World leaders are focusing to an unprecedented extent on curbing the spread of antimicrobial medicine-resistant infections For the first time, Heads of State have committed to taking a broad, coordinated …