Media: stop with alarmist vaping headlines
Tobacco treatment specialist says misleading news stories are confusing the publicAssociate Professor Colin Mendelsohn, a tobacco treatment specialist associated with the School of Public Health at the University of NSW, …
Pharmacies surviving ‘on the backs of people who don’t know any better’
Criticism of the availability of non-evidence-based complementary medicines in pharmacy is emerging as one of several themes in the written submissions to the King Review.To date the Review has received …
Vale David Mattingly
Former APPCo board member and ad man passes away Former Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company board member, retail advertising guru David Mattingly has passed away. In the late 1960s, Mattingly …
Consult rooms: where are the rules?
As community pharmacy expands its professional clinical service role, questions continue to be raised over the absence of national standards for private consultation rooms.Speaking at the recent Pharmacy Connect conference, …
Addressing pharmacy’s ethical dilemma
The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation should address concerns over the possible conflict of interest between pharmacy’s retail and health care roles, bioethicists believe.In an article entitled ‘Health professionals …
Site applications for SHPA Residency Program open
The SHPA Residency Program, launched on 5 September, has hit a major milestone – site applications are now open.SHPA CEO Kristin Michaels says support for the Residency Program has been …
Keeping S3 ad restrictions keeps consumers in the dark: ASMI
ASMI is disappointed with the Government’s decision to retain S3 advertising restrictions and to replace the current mandatory advertising pre-approvals system with a self-regulatory system, it says.In welcoming the Government’s …
Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?
Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?Betty Chaar, University of SydneyCannabis has a long history, and its misuse hangs over it …
Sansom Review recommendations will improve access: Ley
The Government has accepted the majority of the Sansom Review’s recommendations, including reform of complementary medicines regulation, advertising complaints handling and streamlined access to certain medicines and devices.Delivering the government’s …
BUILDING A PHARMACY WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE
Formal training programs will boost the expansion of pharmacists’ roles says Kristin Michaels, CEO of the SHPA The lack of formal or structured experiential training programs post-registration has potentially been …
Get on board with technology
Pharmacists need to embrace the digital space or risk being left behind, says health IT expertTechnology is changing the way pharmacy is practised, said eRx Script Exchange Partnerships Manager Roger …
World news wrapup: 15 September 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the worldDunedin, NZ: A pharmacy student from the University of Otago has appeared in court facing 10 drugs-related charges, including possessing a …