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‘It causes trauma for staff’
Australians are being told to complain to pharmacy workers if they see Guild campaign materials about double dispensing… an added stressor burnt-out pharmacists really don’t need, says one sector leader …
‘You just destroyed community pharmacy’
Double dispensing has been announced in Tuesday night’s Budget – and pharmacists are expressing their disappointment As previously confirmed would happen by Health Minister Mark Butler, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has …
Priceline targeted over double dispensing
A campaign to boycott Priceline has begun on social media, with one of its stars urged to explain her stance on 60-day scripts The Pharmacy Guild’s campaign against double dispensing …
How a consultant practice community was created
Deborah Hawthorne writes about how consultant pharmacists began to support each other during Covid… and beyond It was 2020, and the COVID pandemic had been declared. Pharmacists within all organisations …
Gone in 60 seconds…Ozempic’s latest disappearing act
Just when you thought supplies were improving, sponsor and TGA now foresee supply problems until end of June 2023 It was a brief respite but now much-hyped diabetes and more-often-than-not …
World news wrapup: 1 December 2022
Pharmacist vaccination support program a huge success; guilty finding over fake scripts; “ageist” response to makeup request London, England: An award-winning scheme that saw community pharmacists support patients to understand …
The week in review
Outrage from doctors escalated a notch this week, as another state decided to implement pharmacist scope of practice trials Making news this week was the announcement by NSW premier Dominic …
‘No one is there to protect health professionals.’
One pharmacist has posted a call to stop online abuse of pharmacists, after an angry patient attacked a peer over a declined script Melbourne-based Pardeep Singh told the AJP that …
‘No-one really knows the hardship that pharmacists go through.’
Popular TikTok pharmacist says pharmacists are “disrespected and underrated” health professionals, while a recent critic admits to plagiarising her comments Sydney pharmacist Mustafa Dhahir, who created a viral TikTok ribbing …
‘The audacity:’ Pharmacist claps back at complainer
A woman who complained on social media that pharmacists take too long to fill scripts has had the reality explained to her on TikTok “Can someone please explain to me …