Frustration over lack of progress following HTA review
Efforts to speed up the PBS listing process for new medicines are underwhelming, Senator says More than a year after the Accelerating access to the best medicines for Australians now …
Scope to be key to talent retention
Australia’s pharmacy schools are producing enough graduates to meet the community’s needs, but the profession is struggling to retain them, a pharmacy leader says Moves to expand pharmacists’ scope of …
Serious allegations against Queensland pharmacist
A second Queensland early career pharmacist has been suspended from practice over grim charges Mainstream media have reported on the case of a Brisbane pharmacist who has been charged with …
Renew rego now: Board
Ahpra opens new online portal for pharmacists to renew their registration Pharmacists are being urged to renew their professional registration early to “avoid delays”. The Pharmacy Board of Australia announced …
Taking flight as a travel health destination
Pharmacy’s role as a travel health destination has huge potential as rates of overseas travel continue to grow. Are the public prepared to use pharmacy as a travel health destination? …
‘This warms people, and brings them together’
South Australian Maria Cooper has been named the winner of a major award for her work supporting early career pharmacists The Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) and Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) …
Flashback Friday: ‘Ring your MPs to put the sword into this monster’
Who says doctors don’t appreciate pharmacists? In the mid-80s, we reported on medicos’ attitudes towards their pharmacy colleagues and the advice they offer It’s October 1985, and the AJP has …
Profession ‘striving toward’ full scope, say leading pharmacists
Words matter, including whether pharmacists are working at “expanded” or “full” scope, say researchers working on the NSW pharmacy trials Inconsistencies in the way scope of practice is described and …
Pharmacists ‘irreplaceable’: A message to Parliament
PSA joins CHP Australia in Canberra to promote safe and effective use of OTC and non-prescription medicines The PSA and Consumer Healthcare Products Australia (CHP Australia) joined together earlier this …
‘We all want to remove inefficiency in the system’
“Pharmacists and nurses are here to help” overburdened GPs, Guild leader says Enabling pharmacists and other primary healthcare providers to work to “the full extent” of their skills will help …
‘We must work together, not apart’
Health professionals need to work together to support their communities, APC chair says “Our communities are relying on pharmacists to collaborate, on health professions to support one another, and on …
World news wrapup: 9 October 2025
US Rite Aid chain shutters for good; UK pharmacists abused as Covid jab eligibility changes; Ozempic and Wegovy hit Costco shelves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The pharmacy giant Rite Aid is no …