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prescriptions

LegalNews

The Pharmacy Board has reminded pharmacists to “remain vigilant” for stolen or fraudulent scripts The Board has reminded pharmacists to keep an eye out for stolen prescription pads and fraudulent …

Clinical

According to this QLD study, they’re doing quite well at delaying ‘wait and see’ prescriptions – but improvements can be made A number of strategies have been trialled in primary …

News

Chemist Warehouse dominated the most-read stories on AJP for the past month… https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/cwh-announces-seven-new-supercare-pharmacies/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/calls-for-cwh-to-be-fined-2million/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/chemist-warehouse-worth/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/pharmacys-10-rising-stars/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/happy-world-pharmacists-day/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/amazon-australias-not-ready/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/stolen-script-pad-used/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/chemist-warehouse-frustrated-bills/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/codeine-1-february/ https://staging.ajp.com.au/news/psych-suspended-s8-s4d-overprescribing/

News

Providing repeat scripts of antibiotics may be leading to hoarding for future use, say pharmacy researchers A retrospective study by researchers from the University of Tasmania and Curtin University has …

News

They say it’s the race that stops the nation… but does the Melbourne Cup also stop the medication? It turns out that while Cup Day doesn’t stop scripts being dispensed …

Opinion

All prescriptions aren’t created equal, writes Angelo Pricolo What makes a good prescription? Ask the doctor and they’ll likely say it should relay the correct drug, dose and directions, in …

News

There has been a small drop in the proportion of Australians delaying filling scripts because of cost – just one finding released by the Productivity Commission in its Report on …