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‘Pharmacists can integrate advice when dispensing meds.’
Summer is here and pharmacy staff are urged to provide advice on sun safety, while a mobile skin-checking station has been launched for its east coast tour Skin Check Champions …
‘It’s just medication.’
How one patient with HIV found his pharmacist… and trust in digital health When Kalkadoon, Barahda Barna and Wangi man Michael Brown first discovered he was HIV-positive, he was living …
Pharmacists critique Ahpra, Board
Consistent punishment, a freeze on fees and CPD expectations – what do pharmacists want to change about their Board? Ahpra and the National Boards have released results from surveys which …
Supporting the medicines supply chain
Pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry are crucial partners in the quality use of medicines, writes Sylvain Vigneault as he marks the first anniversary of Viatris Pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry …
Unlawful advertising
Fines issued over ivermectin and zinc lozenges for COVID-19 The TGA has issued three fines totalling nearly $8000 to an individual for allegedly advertising ivermectin and zinc lozenges to treat …
‘Skilled con-artist’ exploited pharmacists’ empathy and trust
Four pharmacists have told a Tribunal of a “sophisticated fraudster” who presented a single copied script 60 times and expertly distracted them The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has …
Changing the label
Pharmacists question proposed label and advisory changes for OTC mometasone preparations Both the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the PSA had concerns over the proposed new advisory statements for labels …
Vax scheme crucial in light of mandates
What are the limits of the no-fault compensation scheme? And are vax mandates new? Researchers shared the latest info at the inaugural National Vaccine Forum The introduction of a no-fault …
Pharmacists give MedAdvisor thumbs up
The medication management company was the pharmacists’ choice winner at the PRIME Awards Melbourne-founded med-tech company MedAdvisor has taken home the gong for Pharmacists’ Choice: Pharma Company of the Year …
Helping women achieve their reproductive goals
An online network has been developed to support pharmacists to deliver contraception and abortion care Have you considered joining the Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support (AusCAPPS) Network? …
Finding pharmacy’s innovators
It’s the final chance to nominate an entry for the UTS Innovative Pharmacist of the Year award The closing date for nominations to the Innovative Pharmacist of the Year 2021 …
The week in review
This week the headlines were all about employment conditions, including wages, as well as more COVID news Melbourne pharmacist Pardeep Singh crunched some numbers this week, finding that the choice …