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Why the workforce shortfall will likely continue
Several changes need to be made in order to help prevent the shortfall in hospital pharmacists becoming worse, warns AdPha In its Pharmacy Forecast Australia 2024, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha, …
Break-in ‘wasn’t a very profitable exercise’
Targeted pharmacist says it’s “quite disgusting” that an adult would use children to help steal from chemists South Australia police have said in a statement that they have arrested three …
World news wrapup: 19 September 2024
Intern snooping in patient records sparks privacy report; times are hard for Welsh pharmacies; CVS workers in California plan strike Regina, Saskatchewan: A pharmacy intern’s prying into the medical records …
Low HMR uptake for high-risk cohort
Do HMRs reduce hospitalisations or admissions to long-term care facilities? A new study has closely looked at carefully matched groups to find out A new study of older people receiving …
Why Australians don’t report ADRs
Around three-quarters of Australians have experienced an adverse reaction to a medicine – but less than half have actually reported it, new data shows Researchers from the University of South …
Resource targets unsafe online medicines
Patients and carers are increasingly turning to the internet to source substandard and falsified medicines, one group warns On World Patient Safety Day (18 September 2024), the International Pharmaceutical Federation …
End RSV vaccine ‘postcode lottery’: Ruston
Government urged to act on PBAC’s RSV vaccination recommendation to ease cost-of-living pressures Shadow Health Minister, Senator Anne Ruston is calling on the government to fund the respiratory syncytial virus …
Board announces fee rise
The National Boards have announced their annual fees, saying they continue to minimise fee increases Ahpra and the Boards have issued a statement in which they are very aware that …
MedAdvisor turns to pharmacists for solutions
Tech company’s pharmacy advisory group to deliver real-time feedback to improve workflow MedAdvisor Solutions is looking to pharmacists to ensure its products are “tailored to the evolving demands” of the …
‘We just don’t have room for you anywhere else’
Discrimination against pharmacists based on maternity status could exacerbate the profession’s workforce issues, union warns Women in the Australian pharmacy sector are reporting incidents of workplace discrimination based on their …
Docs ask for expanded dispensing powers
Pharmacists point out GPs’ “reimagined take” on antimicrobial stewardship in their bid to have doctor’s bag powers expanded President of the Australian Medical Association Queensland and former pharmacist Dr Nick …
Is maternity leave a career killer in pharmacy?
Despite having a highly feminised workforce, reports of discrimination against mums-to-be and pharmacists returning from maternity leave are emerging Following an interview with Amandeep Doll the head of professional belonging …