Kids, teens at risk from opioid epidemic
The number of deaths among young people from prescription and illicit opioid poisoning has nearly tripled in the past two decades, according to a US study A cross sectional US …
‘Up to 500 scripts per day’: Pharmacists under pressure
Extreme workloads are often a contributing factor to pharmacist errors occurring – with numbers of complaints rising, warns Pharmacy Council of NSW There is a continued rising trend in the …
Do you practise under an alias?
AHPRA is calling for changes that would mean pharmacists could nominate one or more aliases to be recorded on the public register Any changes could also empower AHPRA to record …
Pharmacist escapes jail time
A WA pharmacy owner has been convicted, fined and reprimanded for selling a prohibited drug to a man known to police A WA pharmacist and co-owner of four pharmacies in …
Health Care Homes program extended
Nineteen months have been added to the trial, with the period for patient enrolment also extended The Federal Government has announced a 19-month extension of the Health Care Homes program, …
Pharmacists take on crucial new service
The Alfred Hospital’s pharmacy service will become the sole site for storing and dispensing voluntary assisted dying medications across Victoria In late 2017 Victoria’s Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying …
Collaboration not criticism, say pharmacists
The AMA has again taken a swipe at pharmacists over proposed changes in Queensland, saying they will put GPs out of a job Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland President Dr …
New year, new pharmacist vaccines
As of 1 January 2019, NSW pharmacists can now provide dTpa and MMR vaccines in addition to influenza vaccines, to anyone 16 years and over People in NSW can now …
Pharmacist travel vaccines pose ‘Russian roulette risk’, says AMA
Pharmacy organisations have hit back at the AMA’s claims that pharmacist-administered travel vaccinations could be deadly Holidaymakers could be “dicing with death” under proposals to allow pharmacists to deliver live …
Pharmacy goals for 2019
What are the leading pharmacy organisations aiming to achieve in 2019? AJP interviews the Guild, PSA and SHPA presidents Pharmacy Guild president George Tambassis says next year will see the …
‘The owner of the pharmacy is always ultimately responsible’
Pharmacy authority reminds absentee owners not to shirk their responsibilities The Victorian Pharmacy Authority has reminded proprietors about their responsibilities in its December Circular. “Many pharmacies are owned by pharmacists …
AJP’s most popular Facebook posts of 2018
What did people click on through our social media channels? Memes dominated the year, followed by crime and pay stories 1. An unfortunate sign by this pharmacy in the ACT …