Exceptional Tassie pharmacists recognised
Two community pharmacists have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Early Career Pharmacist of the Year Award Dianne Brown has received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Ilwoo Park …
Active ingredient script changes
Legislative changes that require active ingredients to be included on most PBS and RPBS prescriptions will be mandatory from 1 February 2021 Under new legislative requirements, which are mandatory from …
‘Don’t stay too long in a role where you are unhappy.’
Core questions and top tips for pharmacists and pharmacy staff considering options for their career path The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic may have led many pharmacists to reflect on …
‘Appalling and indecipherable’ records
A case study explores how one pharmacy racked up so many issues it might seem “extreme, or even unbelievable”, according to the NSW Pharmacy Council While the ability of community …
Workload issues may have led to pharmacy failures
A pharmacy owner has been reprimanded and must practise under “onerous” conditions after more than 10,000 Endone tablets went missing due to an employee’s actions The pharmacist is the sole …
Pharmacy fees go up by 3%
The Pharmacy Board and seven others have increased their annual registration fees, five Boards have frozen theirs, while Chinese medicine and chiropractic fees are reduced by up to 15% The …
Home medicines delivery, telehealth support extended
The government is investing more than $2 billion towards extending COVID-19 health measures for a further six months The Federal Government is providing more than $2 billion to extend a …
Co-operation decision welcomed by wholesalers
The ACCC has granted authorisation for NPSA members to coordinate supply of medicines and pharmacy products for a further 12 months Medicines wholesalers in Australia can continue to co-operate in …
Unreliable self-reporting in mystery shopper study
Pharmacists and pharmacy staff are not very reliable at self-reporting their own behaviour during non-prescription medicine consultations, study finds Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Pharmacy School recently sought to …
Police found stolen drugs in pharmacist’s home
A former pharmacist has been reprimanded for misconduct after stealing drugs such as morphine and oxycodone from his employer, and making false entries in controlled drug records The conduct in …
Poll: What is your COVID safety plan?
A pharmacist that recently found out her pharmacy was visited by someone infected with COVID-19 has urged colleagues to get serious about their safety plans Caroline Diamantis, proprietor of Balmain …
The pandemic problem
The last couple of months have seen a resurgence of the coronavirus in Australia, with Victoria forced into a lockdown of unprecedented severity. What impact have recent developments had on …