An honour delayed
We speak to Rebecca Young, winner of the 2020 Pharmacy of the Year as she finally took centre stage a year later Rebecca Young and her staff at Capital Chemist …
Pharmacists being ‘groomed’ for drugs
Tales from the frontline of grooming by patients, excessive dispensing, misread scripts and dosing errors… with many incidents chalked up to time pressure, according to one insider There are many …
Guardian gets knitting
Guardian Pharmacy has launched its annual Guardian Angel Knitting Program together with the St Vincent de Paul Society This year’s project marks the 23rd year of the initiative, and the fifth …
Keeping watch
A new real time prescription monitoring service will create greater transparency across borders, and new drugs of concern will be added ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith has announced that …
Unacceptable risk
The TGA has advised a recall of one Hydralyte flavour, which poses an unacceptable risk to pregnant women Care Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling 10 …
CWH, Chemist Depot on watch list
A year on from Melbourne’s 2020 COVID-19 second wave, pharmacies have again been added to the watch list According to the Herald Sun, Victorian authorities are currently negotiating whether Melbourne …
Pharmacy’s Got Talent 2021: Vote for your favourite!
Proof positive that pharmacy rocks! The AJP is proud to bring you this year’s Pharmacy’s Got Talent – now it’s down to you… Singers, musicians, dancers, comedians… pharmacy’s got the …
To embed or not to embed: the third option
Is there another way to approach the concept of embedding pharmacists in aged care? We hear from a pharmacist and two doctors who think so We write in response to …
Australian system ‘close to ideal’: pharmacy economists
The CPA is “world leading”, say experts – but its co-payments and safety net are relatively expensive Expert economists in the pharmacy sector have pointed out that community pharmacies have …
Six-month suspension over Pseudo scripts
A doctor has been reprimanded after it was found he was prescribing for the two people with the highest incidence of pseudoephedrine dispensing in their state The Medical Board of …