UK pharmacies selling e-cigarettes to minors
Around half of UK pharmacies may be selling e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing vaping liquids illegally, a new report suggests. A study by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute tested a range of …
Independent pharmacy still healthy
Reports of the incipient demise of independent pharmacies have been greatly exaggerated, says a spokesperson for Symbion. Last week the Courier Mail published an article, Pharmacy Wars: the prescription for …
‘Please don’t hurt me’… knife robber sentenced
A New Zealand-born man has been sentenced to three years and five months imprisonment after he pled guilty to a string of offences including the armed robbery of a pharmacy. …
Women get pregnancy supplements wrong: study
Australian women are well aware that folic acid and iodine are recommended supplements to take during pregnancy, but only a quarter of them adhere to the recommendations, say Australian scientists. …
Concern likely as paracetamol in pregnancy, behavioural problems linked
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk for multiple behavioural problems in children, an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics says. And pharmacists are likely …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Diabetes treatments and risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease, and all cause mortality UK research data for over 20,000 patients shows …
‘Everyone has to put in a dollar for uttering the word “customer”.’
Being named Guild Pharmacy of the Year has helped to cement the culture of excellence at Pharmacy 777 at Nollamara in Western Australia, its owner says. According to proprietor Swarup …
Reschedule meds, fund vaccine service to support pharmacies: White
Pharmacy needs to remove roadblocks such as the schedule of some medicines in order to pave the way for Terry White member success, says the group’s CEO, Anthony White. Funding …
Hope for UK pharmacy cuts?
The UK’s new PM has raised hopes that she might reverse cuts to the UK’s community pharmacy sector, the Sunday Express reports. National Pharmacy Association chairman Ian Strachan, who presented …
SA hospital out of chemotherapy meds
A cancer patient has been refused her scheduled chemotherapy treatment as well as medicines from the hospital pharmacy, Adelaide’s Advertiser reports. This is the latest in a series of problems …
Stephen King talks future with independent pharmacies
Professor Stephen King was in Adelaide last week to discuss the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation with Pharmacy Choice members. At the Member Network Event, Prof King had an …
Under-fives insecticide risk
Calls to a poisons hotline have revealed a disproportionate number of young children referred to hospital following suspected exposure to a household bug and spider spray. The University of Queensland analysed …