Government targets PBS fraud loophole
Pharmacy owners convicted of defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will no longer be able to retain their Section 90 approval under proposed legislation The National Health Amendment (Effect of …
Dealing with addiction
Suzanne Nielsen talks about substance use disorder and the role of pharmacists in addiction medicine In this episode of the AJP Podcast, Professor Suzanne Nielsen, pharmacist and head of the …
Guard your professional identity, warns group
One pharmacy stakeholder is worried that some prescribers’ identities have been stolen to make an Ozempic scam look more convincing And pharmacists concerned the same could have happened to them …
Charting: the benefits and the risks
While medication charting is a new tool for pharmacists that brings many benefits to patients, it is not without risks that need to be mitigated against, says Naomi Lim, PDL …
Hospital pharmacist shortfall risking lives: SHPA
End longstanding inequities to medicines access and access to hospital pharmacist workforce in NSW public hospitals, urges the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has released its 2023 …
‘Equality is the end game, and equity is how we get there.’
Female hospital pharmacists shared their wisdom on International Women’s Day, as SHPA keeps up its call for different ways to excel Vice President Dr Kate O’Hara says SHPA will continue to …
Complementary medicines manufacturer cops $160k fine
Breaches of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are proving costly for complementary medicines firm, Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Services Pty Ltd The Sydney-based business has been handed 12 infringement notices totalling …
Double dispensing will cost jobs
Calls for the introduction of 60-day dispensing “would be a disaster for community pharmacy”, readers of the AJP warn With double dispensing back on the government’s agenda in the lead-up …
New conference a success
SHPA launches a new accredited pharmacist resource and a conference for accredited, onsite aged care and GP pharmacists The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has celebrated the successful …
World news wrapup: 9 March 2023
Entire Lloydspharmacy group at risk in UK; “embarrassed” Irish pharmacist blasts PM over pharmacy inaction; Walgreens caught in medical abortion war UK: All of Lloydspharmacy’s 1,300 branches across the UK …
Where will the pharmacists come from?
The government is pressing ahead with plans for onsite aged care pharmacists, but many details are still to be resolved, a senior bureaucrat has revealed With the new pharmacists in …
Allow pharmacists to use professional judgement: Sim
Pharmacists have the skills and knowledge to prescribe antibiotics responsibly, Dr Fei Sim, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes Speaking during a webinar hosted by the …