Tamiflu shortages across pharmacies
The government has released some Tamiflu stock from the National Medical Stockpile to help bolster national supplies during worst flu season on record There is currently a shortage of Tamiflu …
Who should pay?
When you take a patient’s blood pressure, provide smoking cessation advice, or spend time answering questions about medication use, where should the money come from? It’s the question on everybody’s …
Clash over S4 to S3 downscheduling
Doctors’s group disagrees with expansion of downscheduling S4 medicines with controls, citing patient safety concerns The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has again taken aim at pharmacy, this time over the …
Sensitivity in the healthcare sector
The importance of being culturally sensitive when dealing with patients A few years ago, my grandmother had a stroke. It was a fatal brain haemorrhage, and I was the one …
To whom is the money owed?
Healthcare giant Ramsay is in a legal stoush with a former distributor it claims owes a debt of nearly $10m Ramsay Health Care Australia has recently lost an appeal in …
Where are all the women owners?
Barriers to ownership include resistance, judgement from both sexes… but things are changing, say women in the field On entering pharmacy ownership, NSW Pharmacy Guild Branch Committee Member Caroline Diamantis …
“There are commitments we will ensure the government holds itself to”
With the report to be delivered in less than two weeks, the Pharmacy Guild is counting on its strong ties with government to secure the current pharmacy model According to …
Tassie takes top gong
Outstanding students from the University of Tasmania have taken out this year’s National Student Business Plan Competition The winners, announced at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney over the weekend, …
Are you prepared?
The Pharmacy Guild and PSA are set to develop CPD-accredited training for pharmacists leading up to codeine upschedule – predicted to impact one million patients in 2018 Health Minister Greg Hunt …
“We know doctors haven’t done really well setting boundaries in this area.”
With rising numbers of people hooked on prescription opioids, pharmacists are crucial to flagging overprescribing and reducing dependency harms, says GP A workshop on responding to dependency at the Pharmacy …
Anti-vax GP to stop practising as a doctor
One of the doctors under investigation by authorities has agreed to temporarily stop working as a medical practitioner Melbourne GP Dr John Piesse has agreed to an undertaking with AHPRA …
“Addiction cannot be cured by a punitive measure.”
Most pharmacists think the government’s proposal to drug test welfare recipients is not only a bad idea but potentially harmful, as the third test site is announced The Coalition has …