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Cost ‘not a barrier’ for expanded pharmacist training: minister
Western Australia moves to expand the Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot, with the health minister saying pharmacists are keen to take on the training The Cook Labor Government has invested …
TGA seizes $1.8m-worth of illegal vapes
Authorities continue clampdown on illicit vaping suppliers with Sydney raids Efforts to combat the flow of illegal vaping goods are continuing with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announcing the seizure of more than …
Pharmacy to be a vape drop-off location
Vape disposal program in pharmacies coming, but still “in the design phase”, says Department of Health and Ageing A program that will see used and unwanted vapes disposed off in …
Remote pharmacists make 1PPA plea
Dedicated funding for a ‘thin market resident’ pilot to be part of the First Pharmacy Programs Agreement (1PPA), RIPAA says With negotiations between the federal government and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) for …
Draft guidelines back separation of prescribing and dispensing
Board opens consultation on draft endorsement for scheduled medicines for pharmacist prescribers standard and guidelines Proposed guidelines for an endorsement to enable pharmacists to prescribe seeks to maintain the separation of duties between prescriber and …
TGA makes $2m peptide and steroid bust
Victorian trio arrested following seizure of illegally imported performance and image enhancing drugs Illicit steroids and peptides with an estimated street value of more than $2 million have been seized as part …
RSV vaccine added to NIP for over 75s
Government moves to eliminate cost barrier to accessing the RSV vaccine for older Australians The federal government is investing $445.3 million to deliver free respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines to eligible patients from …
Cannabis sales plunge amid crackdown
Supplies of the controlled medicine have strongly dipped for the first time in a decade, figures released under Freedom of Information show The recent medicinal cannabis regulatory clampdown may have …
‘He was never asked to leave or banned’
One pharmacist tells the AJP how she would hide behind Consis to avoid a patient’s inappropriate staring – and another tells how she was scored out of 10 by patients …
Pharmacy group hit by ransomware attack
Ransomware gang threatens to publish pharmacy group’s data following breach FriendlyCare Management, which supports a network of seven pharmacies in Queensland, has become the 10th healthcare business globally to fall …
‘Patchwork of pilots’ not good enough
AdPha calls for nationally consistent, fit-for-purpose pharmacist prescribing in team-based care Advanced Pharmacy Australia’s new position paper on pharmacist prescribing says prescribing of PBS-subsided medicines should be considered a priority. …
Poll: The fuel crisis and you
With the country at Level Two of its national four-level fuel security plan, what changes are you making to your everyday pharmacy-related travel? Speaking at the Viva Refinery in Geelong, …