‘We make no apology for putting patients first.’
Guild defends pharmacy scope of practice trial, as GP group withdraws advisory committee representative in protest The Pharmacy Guild has defended the “full scope of practice” trial for community pharmacists …
‘Pharmacists playing doctors’: National council speaks out
GP groups have banded together to call for the pharmacist “full scope” pilot to be “ceased immediately” A recently leaked confidential draft report revealed a proposed pilot would see pharmacists …
Poll: Do you take lunch breaks regularly?
“Eating and drinking at times through the day, taking little breaks… this is really important,” says Pharmacists’ Support Service AJP recently covered the news that CVS Health, the largest pharmacy …
Please don’t forget rural pharmacy
Advocacy group urges pharmacy bodies to support the rural pharmacy workforce by pushing for government-funded salary incentives The Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) is urging the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
New policy brings in ‘uninterrupted’ lunch breaks
The largest pharmacy chain in the US is bringing in scheduled lunch breaks for its staff… do you take your entitled breaks? CVS Health, the largest pharmacy operator in the …
A new substitution
Abatacept added to list of pharmacist-substitutable medicines due to scarcity From today (9 Feb) until 30 April 2022, community pharmacists can interchangeably substitute abatacept syringe (Orencia) and abatacept autoinjector (Orencia …
Pharmacists ‘dropping like flies’ due to Covid, pressure
Significant workforce shortages mean locums, even in metropolitan areas, are now attracting rates of up to $80 an hour, says recruitment expert Workforce shortages that already existed in the pharmacy …
Drug use, fraud and errors trip up young pharmacists
Students and ECPs involved with illicit drugs, interns forging preceptor signatures and dispensing errors are behind some recent cases, warns indemnity expert Despite not being fully qualified pharmacists, some students …
Call for pharmacist MBS pay for vaccines
Failure to fairly remunerate pharmacists may lead to a mass exodus, warns pharmacy group in calling on the Federal Government for MBS payments nearing $40 per vax The workforce is …
Nearly 400k ‘immediately eligible’
ATAGI extends booster dose recommendation to 16- and 17-year-olds Community pharmacies can expect 16- and 17-year-olds to attend for their Pfizer booster dose after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on …
‘No room for error.’
Pharmacy is inherently stressful and it’s “not uncommon” to see long-term pharmacists deal with burnout, warns PSS The nature of pharmacy means the environment can be “inherently stressful”, said Kay …
Medicines should be ‘affordable’
“Timely, equitable and reliable” access to medicines a top priority in refreshed medicines policy, but alternative models to community pharmacy dispensing not addressed Pharmacy groups have seen some of their …