Pharmacy and aged care drive health spending growth
Health spending growth continues for 53rd consecutive month, data from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia reveals Healthcare and large sporting events, including the British and Irish Lions rugby tour and …
Flashback Friday: Cocaine a dangerous drug
Court quashes possession conviction of man with a mixture of cocaine and phenacetin It’s August 1925 and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is questioning the wisdom a court’s decision to …
Getting the better of topical corticosteroid phobia: what’s fact, what’s fiction?
Topical corticosteroid (TCS) phobia is an exaggerated or irrational fear of using TCS, often due to concerns about adverse effects. Pharmacists are well positioned to reassure patients about appropriate TCS use; …
Expanded scope boosts salaries and community pharmacy
Efforts to expand the profession’s scope of practice are fuelling salary increases and making community pharmacy a more attractive option for young pharmacists, a recruiter says Raven’s Recruitment general manager, …
Choosing the correct treatment path
Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common presentations in a pharmacy, and statistics show its prevalence is growing. Unfortunately, there is substantial evidence that it is not being correctly …
Pharmacy attack highlighted over ‘youth crime crisis’
A pharmacist is “too scared to open his doors” following a ram raid, one politician claims as he says Labor is weak on crime Sam Groth, deputy leader of the …
Health ‘hamstrung’ by constraints on pharmacists
Pharmacists’ skills are being wasted by “rigid scope-of-practice rules,” says Catholic Health Australia In its submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable, Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has called on the federal …
World news wrapup: 14 August 2025
Nearly 90% of UK pharmacists report skyrocketing aggression and shoplifting; CDC shooter attacks from pharmacy; Ireland looks at professional services price transparency UK: A whopping 88% of pharmacies have seen …
Events update: Looking at harm minimisation
Angelo Pricolo talks about his upcoming harm minimisation stream at Pharmacy Connect 2025 Pharmacy Connect: Wednesday 3 September 2025 Regular AJP columnist Angelo Pricolo is once again hosting the regular harm …
‘Administrative oversight’: Jack Gance’s Sigma holding slightly understated
The ASX-listed company has corrected records to show the CWH co-founder had marginally more shares in Sigma than originally stated at the time of the historic merger vote Sigma Healthcare …
The top 10: Business news
Developments with the big players dominated our reader’s most read business and industry news stories in the first half of the year These were the 10 most read business news …
Why pharmacists and dentists need to work together
Dr Alex Park writes on the importance of expanding community pharmacy’s role in oral health—from research to PSA25 to the Queensland pilot Oral health is often called the ‘forgotten’ part …