Students elect new leadership team
NAPSA confirms new-look executive for 2024/25 term Griffith University’s Sebastian Harper has been elected as the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association’s (NAPSA’s) new president. The third year Bachelor of Pharmacy …
Salaries continue to rise as locum rates dip
Increasing demand for pharmacists is continuing to drive wages up, report reveals Data from the latest edition of the Raven’s Recruitment Pharmacy Salary and Market Report show pharmacists in permanent …
Deaths spark renewed naloxone supply call
The opioid-linked deaths of four people in Melbourne has intensified calls for pharmacies to stock naloxone A synthetic opioid was found in the bodies of two men, one woman and …
Attitudes define your altitude
Thinking differently can be the key to growing and enhancing your business, and the 8CPA has given pharmacy owners the chance to do that The Kármán line is a common …
The Week in Review
Changes to nicotine vaping legislation, the proposed Sigma/Chemist Warehouse merger and pharmacy’s role in encouraging at-risk individuals to access Take Home Naloxone, dominated the headlines this week After a late …
When opportunity knocks, say ‘yes’
Emily Griffin wears many hats running her own credentialed pharmacist business, while working as a clinical pharmacist at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital and as the Rural Pharmacy Liaison Officer for …
Vaping consultations continue: Minister
Government talks with pharmacists over new vape provision legislation are continuing says Health Minister Mark Butler, highlighting the role of one organisation in particular The federal government is engaged in …
Compound issues
Warning issued over compounded wind and colic products The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a warning that it has received reports of serious side effects in infants given compounded …
Labor is listening to pharmacy: McBride
Government working with pharmacy organisations to help pharmacists make “a real difference” Labor is working with pharmacists and pharmacy bodies to support the profession to “have a positive impact”, …
‘We’ve reached peak hospital’
Advanced pharmacy could be key to delivering healthcare in new settings, SHPA president tells careers summit Health systems are changing and “the bedside that the pharmacist provides care at might …
8CPA makes community pharmacy more rewarding: Twomey
Students and early career pharmacists are being urged to pursue careers in community pharmacy, with Guild president spruiking the sector as the most financially rewarding Australia’s Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement …
Far away hills not a green as they seem
It’s 1924 and while some in the pharmacy sector may be looking jealously at other industries, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy notes other businesses have it tougher The editorial in …