CMs can contribute to health revolution
As state and territory leaders meet in Canberra today to discuss reforms to Medicare to improve care offered to Australians suffering from chronic disease, Carl Gibson from Complementary Medicines Australia …
Absence from work note inadequate for absence from court
An absence from work certificate obtained from a pharmacist has been deemed “plainly inadequate” to obtain an adjournment from the Migration Review Tribunal, now the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Nyarna Kyaw …
PDL Renewal Now Due
PDL Renewal Now Due Your PDL membership including Professional Liabilities Insurance is now due and will cover you for the period of 4PM AEST 30 April 2016 up to 4PM …
US pharmacists among top earners
Pharmacists are some of America’s highest-paid professionals, according to Glassdoor’s report on the 25 highest-paid jobs in America. Physicians were taking home the highest salaries, with a median base salary …
Pharmacist sentenced for daughters’ genital mutilation
A pharmacist has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for her part in the genital mutilation of her two daughters. The woman, whose name was withheld by the court to …
Health Care Homes step in right direction: SHPA
Kristin Michaels, the CEO of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the Government’s planned new approach to managing chronic disease patients. Michaels says the Health Care Homes …
PDL Practice Alert
Detrimental Decimals Recent incident reports to PDL indicate that inaccurate script interpretation in relation to dosage is a serious current issue with pharmacists, particularly where handwritten scripts are concerned. A …
ACT flu jabs off to a galloping start at Wanniassa
An ACT pharmacy which played a strong role in the push for pharmacist vaccination in the Territory has vaccinated 30 Canberrans in the seven days since its service opened. Staff …
World pharmacy news roundup: 31 March 2016
Our weekly wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world New York: A Long Island pharmacist has pled guilty to charges regarding his connection to a nationwide scheme to sell …
National Credentialing Program for Advanced Practice praised
APLF Congratulates APC for launching National Credentialing Program for Advanced Practice Pharmacists The Australian Pharmacy Leaders Forum has congratulated the Australian Pharmacy Council for launching the National Credentialing Program for …
Paramedic pay rise means hope for pharmacy
A Fair Work Commission decision to grant Victoria’s paramedics a significant pay rise reveals a pathway for community pharmacists to make similar inroads in their campaign to lift pay, says …
PPDC starts consultation on revised standards framework draft
The Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee, a profession-wide collaborative forum, has commenced consultation on a revised draft of the profession’s competency standards framework. Following the national public consultation activities of 2015, …