Legal
Rural workforce woes continue
Efforts to strengthen the rural pharmacy workforce are being stymied by the immigration process, a NSW Senator claims. Plans to ease staff shortages in Australia’s regional and rural healthcare workforce …
Scope harmonisation required
State and territory governments are being urged to adopt a harmonised approach to the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice. With several premiers voicing their support for pharmacists to …
Union secures courtroom win
Pharmacy owners are being put on notice to ensure they are paying staff their full entitlements following a court ruling last week. A Victorian employee pharmacist reclaimed more than …
No option but to take industrial action: PPA
Union members to vote on protective action as enterprise agreement talks stall at National Pharmacies. Employee pharmacists at National Pharmacies stores will be balloted regarding industrial action over the …
TGA clamps down on unlawful advertising
Mobile intravenous vitamin service, Drip IV Australia, and an executive officer of the business, have been fined a combined $159,840 in relation to alleged unlawful advertising. The Therapeutic Goods …
Technology lagging on pharmacists’ needs
Gaps in the development of health information communication technology (ICT) may hinder the “inevitable” implementation of pharmacist prescribing, researchers warn. A review of 20 existing health ICT evaluation frameworks, …
Date set for PPA, Guild Award talks
Representatives from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA), will meet next month to discuss proposals to boost intern pay rates. Following a Fair Work …
Guild backs RACGP vaping guidelines
Regulations relating to nicotine vaping products (NVPs) need to be tightened to reduce black-market sales and adolescent use; the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes. In its submission to the …
Prescription pad pilfering pharmacist banned
A Victorian pharmacist whose professional registration has been suspended since 2017 has been barred from seeking to rejoin the profession for another three years. The Victorian Civil and Administrative …
Boxer wins appeal over CWH assault
Former boxing champ, Gairy St Clair, will not serve jail time for punching a security guard at a Chemist Warehouse (CWH) store in Sydney. The one-time International Boxing Federation Junior …
Shortages at recent low: TGA
Medicines shortages in Australia are “lower than in recent months or years”, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reports. However, the regulator noted that “there are currently some very high-profile shortages, …
CWH confirms alleged counterfeit perfumes pulled from sale
Voluntary decision to remove fragrances which Victoria’s Secrets claim are knock-offs now formalised in undertaking to court Chemist Warehouse (CWH) has confirmed to the Federal Court it has removed from …