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Not the desired effect
Restrictions on alprazolam prescribing have failed to curb usage, with sales of bigger packs on the increase Measures introduced in 2017 to prevent potentially harmful usage of alprazolam have failed …
SA cracks down on vaping
The South Australian Government has banned the online advertisement, promotion and sale of e-cigarette products Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade said this is a move towards limiting pathways …
More Australians can access diagnostic test results online
Health care providers can now see patients’ pathology and diagnostic imaging reports and test results grouped together on My Health Record This means better support for clinical decisions and patient …
Pay to go up
It’s October – which means a pay rise for employee pharmacists getting the Award wage, as a “major” new pay case is announced Professional Pharmacists Australia has highlighted that the …
Is it time to ditch the ‘morning after’ misnomer?
A new study has found less than a fifth of young people during Schoolies week were aware emergency contraception is effective for up to five days after sex With Schoolies …
Breaking the mould
Do you like doing things differently? Are you full of big ideas about what pharmacy could or should be? Have you taken steps to achieve practice change at work? Nominations …
Pharmacists ‘crucial’ to the healthcare team
Doctors and nurses join forces in call for investment into aged care services, but pharmacists need to be added to the conversation The Australian Medical Association (AMA), jointly with the …
Legal roundup: Theft, forgery and supplying meth
Three health professionals have been found guilty of professional misconduct in separate cases related to drugs, including use of false prescriptions Two nurses and a doctor, all from Queensland, have …
Extending the uncertainty
Two month scripts remain under “careful review” Minister tells media Extending prescription lengths for some medicines to two months remains “under careful review” by the Federal Government, Health Minister Greg …
New listings
Patients with intestinal failure associated with Short Bowel Syndrome and those suffering spasticity in the upper limbs will have access to greater medicinal support, thanks to new and amended PBS …
‘Adapt or perish’ as CWH expands in NZ
The New Zealand media warns of a “bloodbath” in the pharmacy sector, as Chemist Warehouse advertises for staff in two new locations Stuff reports that the Australian discount giant is …
‘Are they on a power trip?’
Pharmacists are “overstepping moral boundaries” by asking their patients questions, a freelance writer has claimed Using examples from the US where pharmacists had conscientious objections to dispensing certain medicines, freelance …