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The week in review
It’s been a busy week in community pharmacy… This week, we brought you the results of the 2018 UTS Pharmacy Barometer: we saw growth in community pharmacist wages; we found …
‘Overworked, underpaid, unrecognised’
A pharmacy owner has criticised pharmacist pay rates, saying female community pharmacists are being ‘ignored’ Sydney pharmacist and owner Peter Feros has slammed community pharmacy pay rates, pointing out that …
Prescribing: next steps
The Pharmacy Board received more than 30 submissions regarding pharmacist prescribing, and says it’s now reviewing the feedback On 4 March 2019, the Board released a discussion paper, looking for …
New principles
PSA has released new clinical governance principles that champion the design and implementation of safe and high quality pharmacy services Clinical Governance Principles for Pharmacy Services 2018 provides pharmacists and …
Guild, NACCHO seek commitment to Indigenous Pharmacy Programs reform
The Guild and NACCHO say that regardless of which party forms Government after May 18, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health must be a priority Polices and strategies to help …
Supermarket chain takes heart
Woolworths is rolling out defibrillators in all its stores around the country The supermarket has installed its first Automated External Defibrillators in Sydney and plans to have 500 stores completed …
Doctors quizzed over aged care prescribing: Royal Commission
Pharmacists must be enabled to protect patients from poor outcomes associated with their medicines, say experts Doctor prescribing is under the microscope as part of the Royal Commission into Aged …
Hunt hopes for vaccine record
The Health Minister says Australia is on track for a record number of flu vaccinations in 2019 More than 11.4 million flu vaccines have been released to vaccine providers to …
Pharmacy trial slammed as ‘business model’
Another leading GP has slammed Queensland’s limited pharmacy prescribing trial, calling for a national approach In mid-April, the Queensland Government announced a statewide trial whereby pharmacists would be able to …
GP sent ‘belittling’ texts to patient ex
A GP’s registration has been suspended after she engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient, then kept communicating with him after he ended the affair She continued to communicate …
Inadvertent harms
The SHPA and Pharmacy Guild are among stakeholder groups which have endorsed Palliative Care Australia’s new position statement on access to opioids Palliative Care Australia released the position statement, Sustainable …
Green light for GSK/Pfizer acquisition
The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose GSK’s proposed acquisition of Pfizer’s consumer healthcare business in Australia The proposed acquisition combines only the over-the-counter side of the two …