Govt spruiks community pharmacy vax
The Federal Government is now running a new TV ad promoting community pharmacy AstraZeneca vaccinations and proper patient etiquette After an initial delay to their entry into the vaccination rollout, …
‘Severely impacted’ pharmacies gain funding boost
Victorian pharmacies that have soldiered on through the pandemic can now apply for financial relief The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the $180 million Small Business COVID Hardship Fund …
What pharmacists should know
Sore arm, enlarged lymph nodes, TTS? The most and less common reported adverse events from the TGA’s latest weekly safety report on COVID-19 vaccines The most commonly reported adverse effects …
Substitute cost disadvantage ‘unjust’
Pharmacy body raises concerns that Actemra substitution issues will impact affordability and equity of access The PSA has raised concerns about the news that community pharmacists are now able to …
Tas coming on board
Tassie pharmacies will finally join the COVID-19 vaccine rollout from next Monday, while Qld adds more pharmacies Tasmanian community pharmacists are set to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations from next Monday …
Priority testing ‘a matter of common sense’
Pharmacists required to undertake regular mandatory COVID-19 tests are being forced to wait for hours in extremely long testing lines NSW pharmacists in hotspots that are required to undertake a …
Top of the list
Community pharmacists will be among the first to administer initial doses of the Moderna vaccine from next month, PM confirms Pharmacy groups have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of Moderna’s …
Scarcity drives pharmacy substitution
Community pharmacists are now able to substitute Actemra formulations without prior prescriber approval, due to serious shortages Two tocilizumab (Actemra) formulations are now effectively interchangeable at the pharmacy level after …
Green light for Moderna
TGA grants provisional approval to Moderna, while the government secures a shipment of COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab as another tool in its arsenal to fight the pandemic The TGA has granted …
PPE plays ‘mitigating role’, but not only factor
Some pharmacists are having to isolate for weeks despite wearing full PPE when exposed to an infectious patient, a measure that is “crippling” the workforce, says one owner As pharmacies …
ECP barriers remain
Pharmacists can do more when it comes to emergency contraception provision, says sexual health expert Despite high awareness of the availability of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), there are some barriers …
What does a GP pharmacist really do?
Nearly 2,000 medication discrepancies were identified and more than 600 high-risk interventions provided in just six months of this GP pharmacist program In just half a year, one PHN program …