‘I don’t know if a lot of pharmacists want to get into selling vapes’
The vaping bill is read a second time, with the National Party arguing again for a similar approach to vaping as Australia has adopted towards tobacco The Albanese’s prescription-only approach, …
World News Wrapup: 28 March 2024
Pharmacy chain bans children from buying advanced anti-ageing skincare; diabetes medicine mixup sees Dublin woman suffer fatal seizure; proposed mifepristone restrictions in US Supreme Court Stockholm, Sweden: The Apotek Hjärtat …
Boy’s methadone death was in ‘high-risk’ circumstances
A pharmacist who dispensed methadone to parents of a boy who died from ingesting the drug has suggested a “better system” for informing employee pharmacists, especially when owners are absent …
‘They have supported my family for generations’
Capital Chemist Southlands has been congratulated in Parliament as the winner of the 2024 Guild Pharmacy of the Year Federal Member for Bean, David Smith MP, said on Wednesday (27 …
Blurred lines
Can I be friends with my patients – or more than friends? What if I’m single and living in a one-pharmacy town? We investigate the boundaries of pharmacy relationships You …
Advocating the profession’s value
The theme for World Pharmacists Day in September 2024 has been revealed “Pharmacists: Meeting global health needs” will be the theme of World Pharmacists Day on 25 September 2024, the International Pharmaceutical …
‘Too much trust and confidence’ in doctors next door
A pharmacist, who was filling up to 350 scripts a shift alone, has told a tribunal how he was not always able to exercise his independent clinical judgment adequately when …
The rise of tapentadol
A new big health data study looks at the decline of subsidised opioid use since the 2020 changes: with one exception A new UNSW Sydney big health data study, published …
The week in review
Some important legislation, a focus on deprescribing and a look inside Chemist Warehouse made the news this week We heard about Chemist Warehouse‘s boost in profits this financial year, as …
Spaces of belonging
PSA Faye McMillan conference grant launched for its second year “Creating spaces of belonging is a critical component for reconciliation in this country. Grant opportunities such as this allow us …
MedsAware: A minute with Justin Turner
One pharmacist describes the revelation he had when deprescribing for a dementia patient made a shocking change Around MedsAware: Deprescribing Week 2024 (18-24 March), the AJP is presenting, in partnership with the …
‘This is not going to free up GPs’
Training for prescribing pharmacists was not what they expected – one of the first cohort outlines her experiences The Australian Pharmacy Professional conference on the Gold Coast recently heard from …