Looking to the future
Despite the plethora of online information, when it comes to children’s health parents will often seek the trusted advice of their local pharmacist Looking after a sick child or infant …
Putting the community first
Strong links to their local community are a priority for Flannery’s Pharmacy, Forbes, the second in our series of 2019 Pharmacy of the Year finalists The ongoing shortage of doctors …
The week in review
The pharmacy stakeholder bodies have been busy this week, with pre-Budget submissions, warnings to members and the #10YearChallenge The Allied Health Reference Group of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce …
The country life
Relationships with the local community are crucial to the success of Emerald Plaza Pharmacy, the first in our series profiling the 2019 Pharmacy of the Year finalists The difficulty in …
Being culturally aware in the pharmacy
The importance of building trust with patients and understanding their specific cultural needs NT pharmacist Samuel Keitaanpaa recently presented to NAPSA Congress 2019 in Adelaide about the importance of being …
Transparency drop a ‘wakeup call’
Transparency reporting by the pharmaceutical industry is in decline, warn Australian researchers who are calling for mandatory disclosure And increased prescribing of unnecessary and costly medicines is one significant potential …
‘Do I really need to see a doctor for this?’
NSW Guild president highlights out-of-pocket cost of medicines and criticises the “5-minute medicine” of corporate general practice in his latest column Cost of living is a key issue for community …
Clinical tips: safer sex and STIs
Is your pharmacy passive about safer sex? It’s everybody’s role to raise awareness of STIs and their prevention, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The following appeared in my Facebook feed for Early …
Mouthing off
Rural pharmacists can, and should, play a greater role in oral health care than they currently do, study finds Rural pharmacies are often a patient’s first port of call when …
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 …