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Employers make retaliatory threats to report employees to Board
Some employers are threatening to report their employees to the Pharmacy Board after facing unfair dismissal or underpayment claims, according to the pharmacists’ union PPA says that it has been …
Hospital pharmacy makes changes to reduce readmissions
The Pharmacy Department at Wollongong Hospital has made several key changes following the release of new research The study, undertaken by researchers from the University of Wollongong, is hoped to …
Government establishes advisory council on medicinal cannabis
And a leading Australian pharmacist has been appointed to the expert panel The Health Department has announced the establishment of the Australian Advisory Council on the Medicinal Use of Cannabis, …
Poll: Do you stock CMs in your pharmacy?
Let us know if you do—and why or why not—in this anonymous poll You’ve probably seen the stories about pharmacists stocking complementary and alternative medicines plastered all over the news …
World news wrapup: 16 February 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Nottingham, UK: A nine-year-old girl was mistakenly given methadone at her local pharmacy after she was prescribed antibiotics. Mother …
CMs ‘not going away, no matter how much its detractors huff and puff.’
CMs aren’t going away, so the Guild welcomes measures to keep consumers informed about their efficacy, says David Quilty Monday’s Four Corners program on complementary medicines and CHOICE’s pharmacy ‘shadow …
Could continued dispensing be expanded?
Queensland has come into line with continued dispensing regulations across the rest of the country, but there’s scope to expand the practice In Forefront this week, the Guild highlighted the …
How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
Dismissing people’s worries as baseless is one of the least effective ways of communicating public health risks, writes Claire Hooker Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of …
PSA17 opens call for abstracts
The PSA is calling for abstracts for its flagship annual conference, PSA17 Selected abstracts will be presented as part of the “Pioneering Clinical Practice and Research” stream and/or as a poster …
NZ pill downschedule good news for women, pharmacy
Women in New Zealand will now be able to buy some oral contraceptives over the counter The Medicines Classification Committee recommendation follows an application by Green Cross Health and Natalie …
Communicating health risks in a post-truth world
Telling consumers the truth about health risks is no longer enough, say experts Public officials faced with the tough task of communicating risk on contentious issues like vaccination or fluoridation …
Four Corners story sparks controversy and conversation
What members of the Twitterati had to say about the #4corners story on CMs Pharmacists respond… Surprisingly it was hospital pharmacists who raised the loudest cry against non-evidence-based complementary medicines, pointing …