Don’t forget the bush
Rural pharmacy, and rural health in general, are being ignored in the current federal election campaign, says Fredrik Hellqvist Community pharmacies are critical frontline healthcare professionals which daily help to …
Addressing a burning issue
Pharmacists play an important role in reviewing the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, assisting in managing the condition and identifying patients who may benefit from stepping down their PPI therapy, …
Under audit
How many pharmacists have been found to be non-compliant with Board registration standards? In 2017/18, AHPRA audited 7,193 practitioners across all 15 regulated health professions. During an audit, a practitioner …
An ‘unusual’ case
A man has died by overdose in a GP surgery after taking drugs alongside the GP’s daughter – who also worked at the practice A 43-year-old man from Adelaide has …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Relationship of inhaled long-acting bronchodilators with cardiovascular outcomes among patients with stable COPD A meta-analysis and systematic review of 43 randomized …
Keeping up supply
Wholesalers win bipartisan support in election run-up The National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) has welcomed recent commitments by both major parties to the future of the pharmaceutical supply chain ahead …
Long-awaited support
The Pharmacy Guild has received a letter of support from the PM and Health Minister, with less than a week to go until the election After receiving promises from Labor …
Reprimand after self-prescribing
A pharmacist decided it was too inconvenient to get to a doctor for scripts – so he prescribed S4 medicines to himself instead A pharmacist with 20 years’ experience as …
Delusions of grandeur
Sometimes the perceptions that owners have about how their pharmacy is performing may be nothing more than an illusion, say Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour Some years ago, we both …
Scholarships announced
Five winners of the Sirianni Scholarship for Future Pharmacist Leaders have been announced Industry stalwarts Frank and Mina Sirianni are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Sirianni Scholarship …
Prescribing under the spotlight
Doctor admits she is not happy with her prescribing of high dose mirtazapine to an aged care resident, which landed her before Royal Commission Psychotropic prescribing in residential aged care …
Thinking ethically: a pharmacists’ guide
Vanessa Pigrum explores some ethical questions raised in an overworked and under-funded healthcare system Australians trust pharmacists. One study ranked them the third-most trusted professionals in the country. Not just within …