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Could MBS access be a step closer?
An MBS item should be established to allow pharmacists to access allied health items, a key reference group has recommended The Allied Health Reference Group of the Medicare Benefits Schedule …
Are current antibiotic courses too long?
Shorter courses of antibiotics are nearly always as effective as longer ones for many common infections, Australian experts say Shorter durations of antibiotics can reduce adverse effects associated with their …
Pharmacy’s #10YearChallenge
Discounting domination, accelerated price disclosure, stagnation of pharmacist wages… what happened in the last decade in pharmacy, and will the next be brighter? In his 2019 Neil Naismith commemorative lecture …
World news wrapup: 7 February 2019
Alleged fake pharmacists in California, and Antigua and Barbuda; Michigan pharmacist braves the cold to make deliveries; Nebraska pharmacist to pay back embezzled funds San Francisco, California: For 11 years …
10 things to know: medications and nursing home residents
Do you know what medicine nursing home residents with dementia are ninefold more likely to be prescribed? Here are some important findings from a new study Nursing home residents are …
Poll: All hail the chief?
The PSA has called on the federal government to appoint a new Chief Pharmacist. Will this benefit pharmacy and public health? What do readers think? The PSA has called for …
Longer length scripts a ‘false economy’
Increasing pack sizes and prescription length is “lunacy,” says the Guild’s executive director In this week’s edition of Forefront, David Quilty slams recent suggestions that trips to pharmacies be reduced …
Testing times
A leading doctor has slammed the offer of pill testing kits in a pharmacy group – but the pharmacists say it’s a chance for a drugs counselling intervention AMA NSW …
Advancing Practice applications open
Advancing Practice has again opened for applications, marking Round 1 of the 2019 program and the second year of Australia’s new pharmacy practitioner credentialing pathway Round 1 – which closes …
New head for health watchdog
Monash University Associate Professor Ken Harvey AM is the new President of Friends of Science in Medicine In taking on the role, Associate Professor Harvey replaces Professor John Dwyer AO, …
An issue of ethics
Pharmacy Guild president warns of unapproved pharmacies dispensing medicines There have been recent cases of unapproved pharmacies dispensing medicines and claiming PBS reimbursement separately through an approved pharmacy, according to …
Why we need to talk about take-home naloxone
Stigma for those with opioid dependency is still a barrier to access, but experts point out that overdose in people who use opioids for chronic pain is also on the …