Meds shortages could compromise scope: Ruston
The Coalition’s health spokeswoman weighed in on how the Middle East war and our trading relationships could affect future supply The shadow health minister says medicines shortages could undermine scope …
Co-owners to face proceedings alongside employees: tribunal
A Sydney Chemist Warehouse co-owner has argued that “positive acts” such as dispensing without a script are not the same as failing to detect an employee’s improper conduct The Health …
‘No such thing as full scope’
Australian pharmacists should not set a finite boundary to their potential scope, Irish Pharmacy Union president tells APP Pharmacists’ scope of practice is constantly evolving to enable the profession to …
The week in review
Soaring pharmacy applications, hospital pharmacists face pay cut and a robbery on the same day as a premier’s visit were among our hot topics this week Despite warnings that pharmacies …
Pharmacy’s billionaires’ club gets new members
New rich list ranks seven pharmacy identities among the top 250 wealthiest Australians Wealth is continuing to grow for Chemist Warehouse’s trio of co-founders, with The Australian estimating that the net worth of …
Inspection of pharmacies
With the new Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Program set to replace the Quality Care Pharmacy Program later this year, we look back to March 1936 edition of the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy …
Middle East conflict unlikely to fuel immediate meds shortages: Guild
Guild keen to avoid Iran war-induced panic-buying of essential medicines Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president, Professor Trent Twomey, is advising patients not to stockpile medicines in response to the ongoing conflict in …
Listening and understanding key to countering misinformation
It’s “amazing” for us all to have medicines information at our fingertips, says one top pharmacist – but how can the general public be encouraged to find good evidence? MedsAware …
‘Shocked’ pharmacist notes rise in anti-Islamic commentary
Workers in a Victorian pharmacy have been subjected to a tirade of Islamophobic abuse The ABC has reported that the Ballarat pharmacy – which it has not identified in a …
First high-risk medicines list in aged care published
Researchers at Monash University have developed the first national consensus list of medicines with a high risk of harm in Australian residential aged care The list was compiled together with …
Hospital pharmacists face $10k pay cut
Pay dispute prompts work stoppage by Tasmanian public hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians Pharmacy staff at Royal Hobart Hospital stopped working on Monday (16 March 2026) as a deadline looms …
Slade wins St John of God contract
Slade Pharmacy has been awarded a new contract to provide hospital pharmacy services across 11 St John of God Health Care hospitals The contract, covering sites in Victoria and Western …