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Rivaroxaban resource now available
The Guild Pharmacy Academy has launched a new course on rivaroxaban. With the end of the CPD year fast approaching, the Guild Pharmacy Academy has announced another new online course …
Spring hayfever season predicted to be a bad one
Pharmacists, get your nasal sprays ready… Experts are warning more pollen than usual is set to hit the east coast of Australia. Associate Professor Ed Newbigin from the University of …
The benefit of buying in bulk
Should pharmacists be offering advice to chronically ill patients to use bulk non-PBS prescriptions? The cost burden of PBS medicines is such that prescribers and pharmacists should consider making chronically …
Sick notes one way to take up GP burden
Community pharmacies have the skills, expertise and infrastructure to help ease the burden on GPs which the medical profession believes is a drain on the effective use of doctors’ time …
National Advanced Practice Credentialling now open
Pharmacists seeking to have their advancing practice formally recognised can now register for the second round of the National Credentialing program through the Australian Pharmacy Council. APC CEO Bronwyn Clark …
Ley on medicine label changes
Health Minister reveals safety concerns that prompted the changes In early August, the AJP reported that medicine labels in Australia were to change for the first time in 15 years …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest research relevant to community pharmacy Comparative efficacy of nonhormonal drugs on menopausal hot flashes Non-hormonal drugs are considered an option for treatment …
‘A pharmacy without a pharmacist is a shop.’
A pharmacy without a pharmacist is just a shop, the president of the UK’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society has told a conference Any Amazon-isation of pharmacy would be to the detriment …
SHPA Residency Program kicks off
Directors of pharmacy and clinical educators from over 50 hospitals from around Australia were present in Sydney at SHPA’s launch of its Residency Program today. “SHPA today planted the seeds …
Review forums ‘very busy and enjoyable,’ says King
The past five weeks of consultation have been “very busy and enjoyable,” Professor Stephen King has said in a message to stakeholders in the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation. …
Flagship national women’s study expanded
Australia’s longest-running women’s health study will be adding data about participants’ children to the mix The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) run by researchers from The University of …
Study confirms mutation and high breast cancer risk link
A massive global study has confirmed that the risk of developing breast cancer from some relatively rare genetic changes is similar to that from the more common BRCA 1 and …