The cost of burnout
Are you suffering from burnout? How can pharmacy owners and managers reduce workplace burnout, improve retention and help their staff thrive? Burnout is a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress …
Staff Spotlight
Former NAPSA president Shefali Parekh describes her experience six months into her pharmacy internship 1. When and where did you graduate from pharmacy? I graduated from Griffith University in Gold …
Crossing borders
There is a “pressing need” for real-time prescription monitoring in NSW, says coroner, following a man’s death after buying opioids in both ACT and NSW NSW needs to urgently join …
HPS pharmacists gain ‘big win’
HPS Services has signed a new enterprise agreement that secures “improved conditions” for its pharmacist employees, including paid parental leave for the first time The Fair Work Commission has approved …
Helping men with ED
What pharmacists need to know about this common condition Extending community pharmacy-based healthcare would enable more men living with erectile dysfunction to safely access effective medications, diagnostic services and support …
What you said
Chemist Warehouse has been in the headlines over the past week for its survey and comments over location rules… but what did AJP readers have to say about it? Last …
‘Tragic death’ caused by mixing drugs
A young man has died after ingesting oxycodone, MDMA, codeine, Phenergan, Xanax and alcohol while at a party with mates A 22-year-old man passed away on 28 January last year following …
GPs ramp up lobby against Qld pharmacy trial
The RACGP has sent a letter to all Queensland MPs in a bid to halt the state’s pharmacist prescribing trial The RACGP is ramping up its efforts to halt a …
Struck off over professional misconduct
A pharmacist who claimed the Pharmacy Board had a personal vendetta to cause him ‘character assassination on a world scale’ has had his registration cancelled Emson Nyoni, who owned and …
Priceline Pharmacy announces store of the year
Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has been recognised out of 480 stores around the country Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has received the brand’s highest honour, being awarded Store of the Year for 2019. …
Patients warned following vaccine bungle
Thousands of patients vaccinated by two Sydney GPs are being contacted after vaccines were found to have expired or not been stored properly The Sydney Local Health District has put …
Doxylamine implicated in overdose
More time needed to judge effect of Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting room following a man’s overdose late last year: Coroner A 35-year old man died in Melbourne in November 2018 …