Pharmacists fighting to raise pay
Union welcomes PSA report on remuneration Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) has welcomed the PSA’s recently released report ‘Pharmacists in 2023: Roles and Remuneration’, saying pay and work conditions are now …
GP pharmacists equivalent to trained community pharmacists?
Non-dispensing pharmacists led to less hospitalisations than usual care in study, but the same outcome was found in trained, collaborative community pharmacists A study has found fully integrated non-dispensing pharmacists …
Dispensing back in the spotlight
RACGP head calls for six-month dispensing, cuts to dispensing fees in discussion about scope of practice Doctor and pharmacist group heads have debated pharmacist scope of practice, dispensing and complementary …
Top 10 emerging roles within community pharmacy
What do the paths look like for community pharmacists, and how would they get paid for these? At PSA19 in Sydney over the weekend, Emeritus Professor Charlie Benrimoj gave a …
A complex negotiation
PSA is confident it will be able to work with the Guild on service delivery in upcoming 7CPA negotiations, but how does it plan to secure more funding for proposed …
Cream of the crop
Alice Hashiguchi from University of Western Australia is Pharmacy Student of the Year for 2019 Alice Hashiguchi from the University of Western Australia has won the 2019 PSA Mylan Pharmacy …
Up-and-coming talent
Ayomide Ogundipe is this year’s Intern Pharmacist of the Year Ayomide (Mide) Ogundipe is the winner of the 2019 PSA MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year Award, the PSA announced …
‘I want you to know that I get what you do.’
Minister backs pharmacists practising to their full scope, despite GP opposition, but doesn’t commit on MBS access There is a fundamental role going forward for pharmacists as part of a …
Twenty years too old?
With increasing changes to the way medicines are prescribed, and “alarming” levels of medicine-related harm, is there a need to update our drugs policy? Researchers have called for an update …
Glaring risks in meds records, prescribing
GPs may be making medication decisions based on records with an average of 10 discrepancies per person compared to facility records… but where are the pharmacists? There is a need …
‘Inappropriate’ compounding leads to cautions, reprimands
Recent inspections have identified pharmacies carrying out complex compounding in breach of guidelines Complex compounding is being undertaken on pharmacy premises that do not meet the requirements of guidelines, the …
Ending the stigma
Chronic pain patients tell pharmacists: we don’t want to be treated like addicts Kevin James had to give up his career as a full-time registered nurse due to crippling lower …