Up to $5k for prescribing training
Guild expands $1.5 million scholarship fund to train Victoria’s pharmacist prescribers The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victorian branch has expanded its pharmacist prescribing training scholarship, which it says will enable …
Guide to help move from ideas to measurable improvement
A new resource has been launched to support the improvement of medication management Researchers at Monash University and Flinders University have released a new guide on how to establish and …
Are your premises compliant?
VPA issues a reminder to proprietors that their stores need to be suitable for providing pharmacy services – with examples In its latest, and new-look, newsletter, the Victorian Pharmacy Authority …
Flashback Friday: an embarrassing shortage
It’s 1956, and one magistrate complains that “These fellows might be good chemists, but they are rotten bookkeepers” In our 29 February, 1956 edition, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reported …
‘North Shore rapist’ sentenced after CWH assault
A Sydney man could apply for parole in 2028 after he was sentenced for sexually touching a teenager in a Chemist Warehouse Graham James Kay, who had been dubbed the …
Wider pharmacist vaccination: ‘Just make it happen’
As more cases of measles appear around the country, one group of pharmacists is urging change to increase uptake of NIP vaccines In its pre-Budget submission to the Labor Government, …
‘Practitioners have a duty to speak up’
Ahpra has reminded health professionals to notify it if they believe another practitioner is putting the public at risk – including if an NDA has been signed The Australian Health …
Pharmacists want to ‘take the shackles off’
“We’ve got pharmacists out there who could do more and want do to more, but can’t do more,” says one stakeholder body in a plea for flexibility The Pharmaceutical Society …
‘Disgraceful’ behaviour included selling ice, cannabis
A Tasmanian pharmacist has been disqualified from practice for two years after being caught driving with prescription and illicit drugs Her case was heard at the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative …
‘Some bogan’ attempts CWH robbery
Police are searching for a man after a bystander intervened to stop him robbing a Hobart pharmacy Pulse Tasmania reports that a customer of the Chemist Warehouse took to social …
Pharmacist extracted cocaine at home
A Queensland pharmacist is hoping to appeal his conviction for producing a dangerous drug The Courier Mail reports that the pharmacist was seeking to self-medicate for depression and injury management …
Aussies world leader in vaping reduction: new data
Australian vapers are showing more interest in quitting the habit than those in any other country, new data shows Insurance comparison company Compare the Market found that at 27.75 per …