HIV self-tests now available in community pharmacies
With test rates plummeting due to COVID-19, pharmacies have been approved to supply HIV home tests over the counter or online to at-risk people HIV self-tests have been approved for …
Faux bookings ‘incredibly disruptive’: MedAdvisor
A recent spate of fake bookings sent to a community pharmacy by anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists is under investigation This week, a pharmacy group reported that at least one of its …
Complementary, or competitive?
GP pharmacists can improve medication safety, but there is tension with the community pharmacy sector, review finds General practice pharmacists engage in many non-dispensing patient care services but the the …
‘It’s not a good feeling.’
Pharmacies continue to be targeted by anti-vaxxers as one group receives bookings that refer to “Satan” and accuse pharmacists of “killing for profit” A pharmacy group reports that one of …
‘It’s time these arrangements were made permanent.’
Continued dispensing measures have been extended until mid-next year, but pharmacy bodies reiterate the call for permanency Continued dispensing arrangements have been extended until 30 June 2022, Health Minister Greg …
‘Interns are the lowest paid graduates in Australia.’
Union pushes for 30% wage increase for incoming pharmacists Interns play a critical role in protecting community health but this is not commensurately reflected in their wages, says the pharmacist’s …
Pharmacists vulnerable to workplace pressures
The past few months have been “especially tough” on the profession, said Emma McBride MP during a recent symposium on pharmacists’ mental health Pharmacists’ crucial work during the pandemic has …
Poll: Do you agree with mandatory vaccination of pharmacy staff?
All community pharmacies across Australia are legally mandated to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for their staff to be vaccinated, says Guild Employers in states or territories that currently don’t have …
Suspended over misconduct
A pharmacist proprietor suspended for more than two years for improper dispensing of multiple scripts is the second to be linked to two prescribers—who have also been disciplined A 45-year-old …
‘Everybody is entitled to a Pfizer shot for their third dose.’
Community pharmacies are set to start offering Pfizer booster shots – but remuneration remains a big issue Trent Twomey, national president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, has launched the …
‘There will be an audit of this.’
Guild warns of excess stock in the pharmacy network and urges pharmacists to return expiring doses to avoid future criticism The president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has urged …
Paracetamol/codeine combos lead opioid initiation
Pharmacist to head up one of the most comprehensive post-marketing surveillance studies of prescription opioids in Australia A retrospective population-based cohort study will be looking at all adult NSW residents …