The week in review
It’s been another busy week in pharmacy, with business news from Fred IT, Sigma and MedAdvisor, plus protests about pay Sigma Healthcare‘s Annual General Meeting saw shareholders split over plans …
Fly-tipping pharmacist issued warning over patient privacy
A British pharmacist has been warned after he illegally dumped bags of rubbish, including private and personal patient details, on the street The UK’s General Pharmaceutical Council has considered the …
Camphor, cocaine and strychnine: welcome to 1914
The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy’s May 1914 edition featured fines for selling poor-quality paraffin, the International Opium Convention and a crackdown on strychnine We began with an article on Bacteriology …
Pay and career path stagnation sparks strike
Hospital pharmacists were among a wide range of health workers who have gone on strike in WA, protesting about their pay and conditions Members of the Health Services Union WA …
‘We hope to pave the way for more pharmacist-researchers’
Many patients are prescribed opioids for hip and knee pain – but can pharmacists help them taper safely before replacement surgery? Two pharmacists have just been awarded a grant to …
Family violence inconsistent with being a ‘fit and proper person’
A former pharmacist, whose registration was suspended at the time, threw acetone on his partner and threatened to burn the other man’s home down The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
World news wrapup: 30 May 2024
Kiwis call for Australian-style pseudoephedrine database; UK National Service teens could do pharmacy work; French pharmacists to strike and protest New Zealand: A petition calling for the launch of a …
‘It is time to stop admiring the problem’
SHPA welcomes patient-focused recommendations in rare cancers Senate report, noting the PBS currently fails many patients The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) says it welcomes the release of …
First Qld contraceptive Pill pilot services to start July
The number of Queensland women accessing UTI services through communities has ballooned to over 10,000, the Guild says “In just over one year, there have been 10,148 occasions of service …
‘Tomorrow is never promised’
Determined to help save the lives of people like the brother she lost, one intern has used her health promotion requirement to get naloxone into homes After completing her Bachelors …
The week in review
Big news in the diabetes and weight loss world this week, with a crackdown on the compounding of Ozempic and Mounjaro Compounding pharmacies are set to be prohibited from producing …
Regulation strengthened in the West
Changes to the National Law as it applies in WA have been passed and enacted The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the national Boards say this means further strengthening …