鈥楾his is a pivotal moment for our profession鈥�
What do credentialed pharmacists think of the two new pharmacy agreements? AJP chats to some sector leaders… Deborah Hawthorne, 2023 consultant pharmacist of the year: 鈥淔or too long, the majority …
Aged care salary: more or less?
Pharmacists embedded in aged care facilities won鈥檛 necessarily earn the full Government-funded amount, official confirms David Laffan, assistant secretary, pharmacy branch, Department of health and aged care, has told the …
30 oxycodone scripts in 88 days鈥攁nd more
A pharmacist 鈥渇ailed in his role as gatekeeper鈥� when he dispensed 鈥渧astly鈥� excessive amounts of opioids and benzodiazepines to some patients, a tribunal has said The pharmacist appeared before the …
The week in review
What a huge week it’s been in pharmacy: not just for the community sector, but for the whole profession, with two Agreements signed There was big news out of Canberra …
Questions remain over 8CPA, say shadow health ministers
The Albanese government was 鈥渇orced鈥� into the 8CPA, say shadow health minister Anne Ruston and shadow assistant minister for regional health Dr Anne Webster The pair have issued a statement …
鈥楽weeping changes鈥� made without consultation
It鈥檚 1954, and the AJP takes issue with the way the new National Health Service Regulations have been implemented: without asking pharmacists 鈥淭he Commonwealth Minister of Health has said more …
Retailers slam junior pay rate move
A move by unions could discourage employers from hiring pharmacy assistants under certain circumstances, Guild says The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees鈥� Association (SDA) has initiated legal action aimed at …
鈥楶articularly the chemist shop offence is serious鈥�
A teenager, who was among a group which robbed a pharmacy armed with baseball bats and machetes, has now had his application to appeal against his sentence denied The Supreme …
Lung patients going without medicines
Lung experts are calling for a suite of changes including cheaper medicines and affordable allied health, as new data shows drug costs are a barrier to care A new survey …
World news wrapup: 6 June 2024
Kiwis ready for reintroduction of copayment; French pharmacists walk off the job; Japan funds cancer pharmacy in East Jerusalem New Zealand: The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand plans to ask …
Victorians give pharmacy pilot stamp of approval
More than 10,000 consultations have now been delivered as part of the Victorian government鈥檚 Community Pharmacist Statewide Pilot Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas has visited Lim鈥檚 Pharmacy in Springvale 鈥� …
Greener asthma choice update
Good asthma control and more environmentally friendly choices don鈥檛 have to be mutually exclusive, say asthma experts The National Asthma Council Australia (NAC) has released new information in time for …