Veteran consultant to advise over credentialing
As credentialed pharmacy moves forward, the appointment of a well-known advisor creates significant opportunities, one sector leader says Following the Consultant Pharmacists Conference in Cairns, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia …
鈥榃e need to be louder. We need to be prouder.鈥�
鈥淭hings need to change鈥� says a leading consultant pharmacist 鈥� and advocating for the sector is a big part of moving consulting forward In accepting her award as 2024 Consultant …
No more aged care delays
The residential onsite pharmacist initiative will begin on 1 July 2024, consultant pharmacists are told David Laffan, assistant secretary, pharmacy branch, Department of health and aged care, told the Pharmaceutical …
World News Wrapup: 2 May 2024
Pharmacist fined over role in hospital drug diversion; Canadian chain closes shops out of cyber-safety caution; Ireland wants a chief pharmacist Salmon Arm, British Columbia: A former pharmacist has been …
How pharmacy vaccination evolved
A new global intelligence report provides what its publishers call the most extensive and representative overview yet of the evolution of pharmacists鈥� role in vaccination The report, 鈥淟everaging pharmacy to …
Pilot slammed as 鈥榳orkload shifting鈥�
Pharmacists have no more of a conflict of interest than GPs do when it comes to the Queensland prescribing pilot, a leading pharmacist says Doctor groups continue to lambast the …
GP a 鈥榬eal danger to patients鈥�
Despite pharmacies helping to identify and point out drug-seeking behaviour from two of his patients, a GP continued to prescribe them S8s and S4s The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Reprieve for credentialed pharmacists
MRNs have been extended again, allowing credentialed pharmacists to keep providing medicines reviews Department of Health and Aged Care Assistant Secretary 鈥� Pharmacy Branch, David Laffan, has sent an email …
The week in review
A busy week for the TGA, movement on NIPVIP funding and the beginning of a new era in pharmacy practice all made headlines this week Mark Butler announced that pharmacists …
鈥榃hy not fund that pharmacist to become a doctor?鈥�
Doctors complain they were not notified by Queensland government that the pharmacy prescribing pilot has begun Outgoing Australian Medical Association president Dr Maria Boulton has spoken to ABC Brisbane鈥檚 Loretta …
Shortage on the way
The TGA says it is investigating a solution to a predicted abatacept shortage The Therapeutic Goods Administration has released a statement saying that it is aware that shortages of both聽Orencia …
鈥楢n exciting time鈥�: a new era in treating migraine
New treatment options and changes to the scheduling of existing medicines are heralding changes to the outlook for patients who experience migraine, writes Megan Haggan 鈥淚t鈥檚 an exciting time in …