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Pfizer boosters okayed for older kids
The TGA has provisionally approved the Pfizer jab as a booster shot for older children in a move the Guild describes as “logical” The Therapeutic Goods Administration said on Friday …
World news wrapup: 28 January 2022
Pharmacist brothers offer “Jabs with kebabs;” Irish pharmacy calls anti-vax stunt “quite sad;” pharmacist sentenced over fraud Cork, Ireland: Sunday World has reported that a group of anti-vaxxers descended on …
Clinical tips: COVID booster injections
The phrase ‘stand and deliver’ applies perfectly to Australian pharmacists right now, writes Karalyn Huxhagen As we move into 2022 the landscape for Coronavirus has changed again, with emphasis now …
Three stories of community pharmacy
“Yes, it is stressful, yes, we are all overworked, but look at the shining beacon of what we’re doing for community health”: rural and regional pharmacists share their stories Pharmacy …
Govt ‘reckless and negligent’ over RATs, PPE
Pharmacy staff are struggling with crippling shortages of personal protective equipment, with those not providing COVID jabs left out in the cold, says union The Federal Government has failed to …
Time almost run out to nominate interns
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is urging pharmacies to nominate their Guild interns for the 2021 Intern of the Year Award, with the deadline looming Guild interns can self-nominate for …
Reviews: a key difference
FIP is emphasising pharmacists’ wider medication review roles in update of its medicines use review toolkit A new pharmacy publication reflects a wider scope of practice for pharmacists in reducing …
Pharmacists recognised
A former PDL chair and the founder of the PSS are among four distinguished pharmacists recognised in the 2022 Australia Day Honours Former PDL chair John Coppock, the founding chair …
Sights set on vaccine expansion
Despite the “naysayers”, Covid has proven that pharmacists can administer more vaccines to younger age groups, says Guild leader It’s been a “hectic” time in pharmacy, but the Covid-19 pandemic …
Students snub community pharmacy
Most students see themselves in hospital pharmacy after graduation, poll reveals Australian pharmacy students overwhelmingly see themselves in hospital pharmacy in the near future, according to a poll hosted at …
Pharmacist ‘lacked the strength of personality to challenge the status quo’
An “inappropriate GP” next door, and an owner with a “dominant personality that meant the pharmacy operated as a virtual dictatorship”, were factors in a pharmacist’s professional misconduct A pharmacist …
Pharmacists tell of RAT ‘lottery’
One pharmacist describes finding a RAT as like finding a Golden Ticket to a chocolate factory, as overwhelming demand hits the Guild’s website Another Labor politician has attacked the Morrison …