The numbers are in
How many pharmacists are currently registered? How many signed up for the pandemic response register? Here’s the latest data The Pharmacy Board of Australia has released its latest quarterly data …
Expanding the network
CWH opens second bricks-and-mortar store in China Nancy Jian, CEO of the Chemist Warehouse China Division, has this month announced the grand opening of the chain’s second store in China. …
Pharmacists front regulators over S8s and ORT
Are employee pharmacists or proprietors more likely to be called up before the regulators? And what are the best ways to avoid a complaint? “It’s been one of the busiest …
Legal roundup
Policeman probed over pharmacy arrest; WA alleged robber arrested; bail for alleged serial offender Preston, Victoria: A policeman allegedly stomped on an armed robber as he arrested the man at …
Could CWH float next year… with a market value of $5bn?
Chemist Warehouse may not have abandoned plans for an initial public offering in 2021, hints mainstream media The Australian is again speculating on the future of Chemist Warehouse, with Dataroom …
PDL election announced
PDL is calling for South Australian and Northern Territory members to vote for a new director The election for PDL’s South Australian Director (with responsibility also for the Northern Territory) …
Wizard a winner… again
Wizard Pharmacy Kalgoorlie Central has been presented with the 2020 Community Support and Engagement award by the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry The award, presented at the Chamber’s annual …
A new addition for PSS
The Australian Pharmacy Council has become a member of the Pharmacists’ Support Service subsequent to a change in the PSS constitution This change adds the APC to the other eight …
World news wrapup: 12 November 2020
Pharmacists elected to Congress; UK pharmacist cleared of making anti-Semitic remarks; sentence of 40 years recommended for US pharmacist United States: Three pharmacists elected to Congress are being welcomed by …
Is pharmacy ‘metrocentrically maldistributed’?
Pharmacy and other health professions have a ‘metrocentric maldistribution’, Parliament is told as MPs debate health inequities There were mixed messages from parliamentarian health professionals this week as the House …
Frontliners ‘our saving grace’
National Pharmacies will be applauding some Australian heroes with its upcoming Christmas Pageant The group has announced that the 2020 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant will celebrate and acknowledge South Australian …
New Minister has ‘strong reputation’
Queensland has a new Health Minister, who has been “warmly welcomed” by the Pharmacy Guild On Tuesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that Deputy Premier Steven Miles, who has held the …