WholeLife Pharmacy Cairns wins POTY for Excellence in Business Management
Differentiation, customer service, and investment in staff are what set this innovative pharmacy in tropical Queensland apart from others Just a tiny fraction of the 65-strong team at WholeLife & …
Unique challenges and innovation: POTY winner Thursday Island Pharmacy
In many ways Thursday Island pharmacy is the same as every other pharmacy in Australia – their patients ‘just happen to live on 18 different remote islands’ This unique geography …
Guild pleads for 7CPA funding boost
Pharmacy Guild of Australia leaders are in Canberra for the final parliamentary sitting week ahead of the federal Budget amid a Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement funding crisis With a funding …
Pharmacists have proven themselves
Regulations around which vaccinations pharmacist immunisers are authorised to administer should be harmonised across Australia, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes Authorising pharmacists to administer new vaccines as part …
Interns to join prescribing trial
Pharmacy interns working in participating pharmacies within the North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot (NQPSPP), could be diagnosing patients by March 2024 Pharmacy graduates undergoing their intern training through …
Covid jabs likely ‘for the foreseeable future’
The need for Covid boosters won’t go away – but convincing Australians to be vaccinated is a challenge, says one expert Dr Paul Griffin, infectious diseases physician and microbiologist, told …
NZ soundalike meds mixup sparked coverup
A New Zealand pharmacist failed to spot a technician’s packing error, then tried to blame a colleague by faking script forms The pharmacist, who had been practising since 2004, was …
‘Without our actions, there would have been many more deaths.’
The International Pharmaceutical Federation has announced its theme for World Pharmacists Day later in the year, highlighting the profession’s capabilities “Pharmacy: Strengthening health systems” will be the theme of World …
First scope training cohort full
The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot is officially underway The Pharmacy Guild says that 175 registered community pharmacists have just embarked on higher education and training, from …
‘Strong supporter’ of pharmacy named NSW Health Minister
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s NSW Branch is welcoming the appointment of Ryan Park as the state’s new Health Minister Announcing the appointment of his ministry, newly elections NSW Premier, …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Dual antiplatelet therapy duration after percutaneous coronary intervention in high bleeding risk A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to investigate …
Feminised workforce opting for part-time roles
Increasing numbers of pharmacists are working part-time adding to the profession’s ongoing workforce shortage, a Pharmacy Guild of Australia national councillor believes While Pharmacy Board of Australia registration data shows …