future Archives | AJP Australian Journal of Pharmacy Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:39:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-ajp_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 future Archives | AJP 32 32 Target highest-risk patients first: SHPA /news/target-highest-risk-patients-first-shpa/ /news/target-highest-risk-patients-first-shpa/#disqus_thread Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:39:22 +0000 /?p=161757 Advanced pharmacy crucial to improving health outcomes as SHPA welcomes 8CPA progress The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed progress made toward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) ...

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]]> /news/target-highest-risk-patients-first-shpa/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/46573935_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1335&ssl=1 ‘60-day scripts are here to stay, now and into the future’ /news/60-day-scripts-are-here-to-stay-now-and-into-the-future/ /news/60-day-scripts-are-here-to-stay-now-and-into-the-future/#disqus_thread Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:10:04 +0000 /?p=161627 Health minister Mark Butler says “these are exciting times for the pharmacy sector,†as he tells a packed plenary session about his hopes for the Unleashing the Scope review, and ...

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]]> /news/60-day-scripts-are-here-to-stay-now-and-into-the-future/feed/ 7 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/markbutler.jpg?fit=904%2C607&ssl=1 Silos, restrictions and inconsistency named as scope barriers /news/silos-restrictions-and-inconsistency-named-as-scope-barriers/ /news/silos-restrictions-and-inconsistency-named-as-scope-barriers/#disqus_thread Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:00:18 +0000 /?p=159420 The first issue paper from the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Scope of Practice Review has highlighted existing barriers preventing pharmacists practising to their full and top of ...

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]]> /news/silos-restrictions-and-inconsistency-named-as-scope-barriers/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/135386602_m_normal_none.jpg?fit=1208%2C805&ssl=1 What is motivating pharmacists? /news/pharmacy-announcements/what-is-motivating-pharmacists/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/what-is-motivating-pharmacists/#disqus_thread Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:30:44 +0000 /?p=158353 Pharmacists are being encouraged to have their say on everything from income and job satisfaction to leaving the profession The Pharmacy in Australia: Measuring Employment, Labour decisions and Activity (PAMELA) pharmacist workforce ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/what-is-motivating-pharmacists/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/168897267_l_normal_nonea.jpg?fit=1184%2C789&ssl=1 Vision for 2030 on the way /news/vision-for-2030-on-the-way/ /news/vision-for-2030-on-the-way/#disqus_thread Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:54:28 +0000 /?p=156855 The PSA foresaw “a true primary healthcare crisis†experienced by pharmacists in 2023, it says in its public annual report The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its 2022-23 annual ...

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]]> /news/vision-for-2030-on-the-way/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/88249094_l_normal_none.jpg?fit=1184%2C888&ssl=1 10 actions to change the pharmacy workforce /news/10-actions-to-change-the-pharmacy-workforce/ /news/10-actions-to-change-the-pharmacy-workforce/#disqus_thread Thu, 26 Oct 2023 08:30:04 +0000 /?p=155967 FIP issues a workforce transformation call towards a range of progressive pharmacy roles On the fifth anniversary of the Astana Declaration on primary health care (25 October 2023), the International ...

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]]> /news/10-actions-to-change-the-pharmacy-workforce/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/99970574_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1273&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-324/ /news/the-week-in-review-324/#disqus_thread Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:04:02 +0000 /?p=155225 Double dispensing is still ranking high in the headlines, plus organisations are looking for some key members The Community and Pharmacy Support Group claimed that Wesfarmers‘ InstantScripts had set to ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-324/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/310e-1024x684-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-323/ /news/the-week-in-review-323/#disqus_thread Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:07:26 +0000 /?p=153900 It was a busy week in Canberra, as pharmacists rallied against 60-day dispensing and voiced their displeasure According to CAPS, around 2,500 pharmacists from around the country gathered outside Parliament ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-323/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/caps1.jpg?fit=2024%2C1518&ssl=1 Too many snakes, not enough ladders /in-depth/longer-read/too-many-snakes-not-enough-ladders/ /in-depth/longer-read/too-many-snakes-not-enough-ladders/#disqus_thread Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:17:01 +0000 /?p=153643 From a record high in November 2022, the announcement of the Government’s 60-day dispensing policy is crippling confidence in the community pharmacy sector, writes Nick O’Donoghue  Data from the latest ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/too-many-snakes-not-enough-ladders/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/109171263_m_normal_none.jpg?fit=1208%2C805&ssl=1 Research priorities revealed /news/research-priorities-revealed/ /news/research-priorities-revealed/#disqus_thread Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:31:02 +0000 /?p=153439 The federal government has released its Primary Health Research Plan, developed to guide Medical Research Future Fund investments The plan has been developed by an independent expert advisory panel to ...

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]]> /news/research-priorities-revealed/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/48577164_l-e1548245227542.jpg?fit=2018%2C1310&ssl=1 Support to help ‘cement’ pharmacy’s future /news/support-to-help-cement-pharmacys-future/ /news/support-to-help-cement-pharmacys-future/#disqus_thread Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:48:41 +0000 /?p=153260 The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association have reaffirmed their longstanding partnership The partnership is aimed at enhancing support for pharmacy students at 18 universities ...

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]]> /news/support-to-help-cement-pharmacys-future/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4VJW3QbIAE7ix8.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Consistent approach and collaborative care needed: SHPA /news/consistent-approach-and-collaborative-care-needed-shpa/ /news/consistent-approach-and-collaborative-care-needed-shpa/#disqus_thread Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:04:20 +0000 /?p=153216 SHPA welcome a review into the role of health professionals in prescribing to strengthen Australia’s strained health system  The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the federal government’s announcement ...

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]]> /news/consistent-approach-and-collaborative-care-needed-shpa/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hospitalsquare.jpg?fit=1155%2C1155&ssl=1 ‘It is not possible to do more for less’ /news/it-is-not-possible-to-do-more-for-less/ /news/it-is-not-possible-to-do-more-for-less/#disqus_thread Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:12:03 +0000 /?p=153190 It’s time for pharmacists to be able to work to their full potential, says the health minister – but one stakeholder asks for the certainty of true investment in the ...

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]]> /news/it-is-not-possible-to-do-more-for-less/feed/ 11 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/127872066_l_normal_none.jpg?fit=1192%2C795&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-320/ /news/the-week-in-review-320/#disqus_thread Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:09:27 +0000 /?p=152840 From Parliamentary chaos in Canberra last week, this week the debate over 60-day dispensing moved to Sydney as pharmacists took to the streets Pharmacists marched on Sydney‘s town hall, where ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-320/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Felkai-at-CAPS-demonstation.jpg?fit=1320%2C955&ssl=1 ‘This is the hill I’m willing to die on.’ /news/this-is-the-hill-im-willing-to-die-on/ /news/this-is-the-hill-im-willing-to-die-on/#disqus_thread Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:22:40 +0000 /?p=152092 How should GP pharmacists be paid? One pioneer in the area says it’s vital that Workforce Incentive Program payments are “quarantined†specifically for them Brooke Shelly, GP pharmacist at the ...

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]]> /news/this-is-the-hill-im-willing-to-die-on/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LRHS-2023-Conference-Bendigo-27.jpg?fit=1307%2C871&ssl=1 Butler spruiks pharmacy changes /news/butler-spruiks-pharmacy-changes/ /news/butler-spruiks-pharmacy-changes/#disqus_thread Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:12:54 +0000 /?p=152351 “Australian pharmacies are strong and resilient,†says the Health Minister in a new statement about Labor’s plans for the community pharmacy sector Health Minister Mark Butler has released an opinion ...

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]]> /news/butler-spruiks-pharmacy-changes/feed/ 32 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mark-butler.jpg?fit=1637%2C1106&ssl=1 Model reduces errors, costs, length of stay /news/model-reduces-errors-costs-length-of-stay/ /news/model-reduces-errors-costs-length-of-stay/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Jul 2023 20:37:18 +0000 /?p=151420 Partnered pharmacist prescribing “benefits at every level†as SHPA launches National PPMC Credential The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with The Alfred has launched a National ...

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]]> /news/model-reduces-errors-costs-length-of-stay/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hospitalsquare.jpg?fit=1155%2C1155&ssl=1 Evolving to meet the moment /news/evolving-to-meet-the-moment/ /news/evolving-to-meet-the-moment/#disqus_thread Sun, 23 Jul 2023 20:52:49 +0000 /?p=151328 Hospital pharmacists are embarking on what they call a transformative growth agenda The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced that through “unprecedented investment in practitioner recognition, speciality pharmacy ...

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]]> /news/evolving-to-meet-the-moment/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/88249094_l_normal_none.jpg?fit=1184%2C888&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-316/ /news/the-week-in-review-316/#disqus_thread Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:07:35 +0000 /?p=151346 Sixty-day dispensing was still making waves, as flu case numbers rose and the industry lost a discounting pioneer Double dispensing remains top of mind, and we heard from Flinders University‘s ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-316/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/choice.jpg?fit=1996%2C1501&ssl=1 ‘Uniquely talented leader’ reappointed as SHPA chief executive /news/uniquely-talented-leader-reappointed-as-shpa-chief-executive/ /news/uniquely-talented-leader-reappointed-as-shpa-chief-executive/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:54:22 +0000 /?p=151277 The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced that Kristin Michaels has been reappointed to lead it into the future The reappointment comes as the organisation prepares to announce ...

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]]> /news/uniquely-talented-leader-reappointed-as-shpa-chief-executive/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/KristinMichaels2018-e1545263803207.jpg?fit=763%2C763&ssl=1 Poll highlights ‘a fight we need to fight’ /news/poll-highlights-a-fight-we-need-to-fight/ /news/poll-highlights-a-fight-we-need-to-fight/#disqus_thread Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:43:00 +0000 /?p=151133 A large minority of community pharmacists are considering leaving the profession altogether as a result of the controversial 60-day dispensing policy, an AJP poll has revealed Recent analyses have already ...

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]]> /news/poll-highlights-a-fight-we-need-to-fight/feed/ 3 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/23896049_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1816&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-314/ /news/the-week-in-review-314/#disqus_thread Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:09:49 +0000 /?p=150163 The biggest story this week continues to be 60-day dispensing, which was debated in Parliament and which has inched a step closer Double dispensing came one step closer to reality ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-314/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tammytyrrell.jpg?fit=1600%2C1450&ssl=1 Are you thinking of leaving pharmacy due to 60-day dispensing? /news/are-you-thinking-of-leaving-pharmacy-due-to-60-day-dispensing/ /news/are-you-thinking-of-leaving-pharmacy-due-to-60-day-dispensing/#disqus_thread Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:09:33 +0000 /?p=150064 With the future of the community pharmacy sector looking increasingly uncertain due to 60-day dispensing, are you considering alternatives? There’s no doubt that pharmacy owners and employees are worried about ...

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]]> /news/are-you-thinking-of-leaving-pharmacy-due-to-60-day-dispensing/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/74764454_m_normal_none.jpg?fit=1507%2C1006&ssl=1 The vending machine dispensary: can it save employee pharmacists? /in-depth/opinion/the-vending-machine-dispensary-can-it-save-employee-pharmacists/ /in-depth/opinion/the-vending-machine-dispensary-can-it-save-employee-pharmacists/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:09:28 +0000 /?p=147006 Pharmacy stakeholders have consistently slammed the idea of vending machines for medicines. But one anonymous pharmacist says the idea has merit The AMA recently released a discussion paper titled “the ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/the-vending-machine-dispensary-can-it-save-employee-pharmacists/feed/ 25 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/111846498_m.jpg?fit=1773%2C1182&ssl=1 ‘We as a profession may need to adjust our thinking.’ /news/we-as-a-profession-may-need-to-adjust-our-thinking/ /news/we-as-a-profession-may-need-to-adjust-our-thinking/#disqus_thread Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:57:17 +0000 /?p=146051 A study that started as a light-hearted project has shone a light on pharmacists’ plans to quit the profession Who would be a pharmacist? A group of researchers from the ...

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]]> /news/we-as-a-profession-may-need-to-adjust-our-thinking/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/198979514_l_normal_none.jpg?fit=1737%2C1206&ssl=1 Invest in future, says SHPA /news/145878/ /news/145878/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:58:06 +0000 /?p=145878 SHPA says a key NSW election pledge to fund the state’s future healthcare workforce must include pharmacist positions In welcoming the election of the Minns Labor Government in NSW over ...

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]]> /news/145878/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dollarphotoclub_56510929b-1000x641.jpg?fit=1000%2C641&ssl=1 Ten ways pharmacists can help into the future /news/ten-ways-pharmacists-can-help-into-the-future/ /news/ten-ways-pharmacists-can-help-into-the-future/#disqus_thread Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:01:33 +0000 /?p=145493 SHPA welcomes medicines-focused MRFF grants across transitions of care, aged care and pharmacogenomics Ten new projects will help pharmacists in areas including care transitions and preventable hospitalisations due to problems ...

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]]> /news/ten-ways-pharmacists-can-help-into-the-future/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/11423590_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1653&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 23 February 2023 /news/world-news-wrapup-23-february-2023/ /news/world-news-wrapup-23-february-2023/#disqus_thread Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:01:01 +0000 /?p=144081 Pharmacy finds candlelit workarounds in cyclone-affected NZ; teens arrested over Toronto robbery epidemic; Irish pharmacists against codeine upschedule Napier, New Zealand: Stuff has reported on how pharmacies have managed to ...

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]]> /news/world-news-wrapup-23-february-2023/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/crime-scene-legal-tape.jpg?fit=1000%2C727&ssl=1 AI learning to predict poor opioid outcomes /news/ai-learning-to-predict-poor-opioid-outcomes/ /news/ai-learning-to-predict-poor-opioid-outcomes/#disqus_thread Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:58:06 +0000 /?p=143850 Machine learning could help identify people at risk of adverse outcomes from being prescribed opioids, new research suggests Researchers at Canada’s University of Alberta have begun using a form of ...

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]]> /news/ai-learning-to-predict-poor-opioid-outcomes/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-294/ /news/the-week-in-review-294/#disqus_thread Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:05:31 +0000 /?p=143408 There’s been a lot to keep up with in pharmacy this week, with the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce released, more GP-pharmacy turf wars and moves in industrial action The Strengthening Medicare ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-294/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cowboys.jpg?fit=1474%2C1000&ssl=1 ‘We need to be on our game’ /news/we-need-to-be-on-our-game/ /news/we-need-to-be-on-our-game/#disqus_thread Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:29:52 +0000 /?p=143009 Australian pharmacists should be able to provide all vaccinations for everybody, says a sector leader, saying climate change will see the profession need to move forward Limitations on telehealth and ...

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]]> /news/we-need-to-be-on-our-game/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/climatechangenapsa.jpg?fit=2024%2C1518&ssl=1 Guild leader outlines system shock /news/guild-leader-outlines-system-shock/ /news/guild-leader-outlines-system-shock/#disqus_thread Wed, 18 Jan 2023 05:59:13 +0000 /?p=142872 The Advanced Practice Framework is “a load of crap,†and the supervised and structured pharmacist prescribing models are like a plumber having to oversee an electrician’s work, says Guild president ...

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]]> /news/guild-leader-outlines-system-shock/feed/ 110 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/trenttwomey.jpg?fit=2016%2C1512&ssl=1 The boundaries are shifting /news/the-boundaries-are-shifting/ /news/the-boundaries-are-shifting/#disqus_thread Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:45:22 +0000 /?p=141599 We stand at an inflection point in Australian pharmacy, and the boundaries of our profession are shifting, writes Tom Simpson Contemporary complex healthcare is driven by integration and specialisation and ...

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]]> /news/the-boundaries-are-shifting/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4171894_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 ‘You have no idea how important these pharmacy services are.’ /news/you-have-no-idea-how-important-these-pharmacy-services-are/ /news/you-have-no-idea-how-important-these-pharmacy-services-are/#disqus_thread Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:06:12 +0000 /?p=139502 Pharmacists provide professional services without remuneration because of the need they see in the community, says one researcher Pharmacists have published the results of work investigating the types of unfunded ...

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]]> /news/you-have-no-idea-how-important-these-pharmacy-services-are/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/89420669_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ‘Alarming’ rates of hospital pharmacists quitting /news/alarming-rates-hospital-pharmacists-quitting/ /news/alarming-rates-hospital-pharmacists-quitting/#disqus_thread Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:23:16 +0000 /?p=139409 Job vacancies in hospital pharmacy have never been higher, warns the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has again called for the commissioning of a 10-year National Pharmacy ...

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]]> /news/alarming-rates-hospital-pharmacists-quitting/feed/ 9 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1212645707_resize.jpg?fit=1773%2C1182&ssl=1 Equipping the profession /news/equipping-the-profession/ /news/equipping-the-profession/#disqus_thread Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:09:20 +0000 /?p=138616 War, food insecurity and fallout from the pandemic could undo decades of work to improve global health, say international pharmacy leaders Professor Ashok Soni, vice president of the International Pharmaceutical ...

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]]> /news/equipping-the-profession/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/52366774935_65c842a481_c.jpg?fit=799%2C533&ssl=1 What you said /news/what-you-said-10/ /news/what-you-said-10/#disqus_thread Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:42:35 +0000 /?p=138459 Ways to address the workforce shortage, violence at a WA Chemist Warehouse and the prospect of increased workloads via full scope all had pharmacists taking to their keyboards Here is ...

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]]> /news/what-you-said-10/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/89468553_crop.jpg?fit=1851%2C1080&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-277/ /news/the-week-in-review-277/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:07:32 +0000 /?p=138220 Online abuse of pharmacists, medicines shortages, and a glimpse into the near future made the headlines this week Medicines shortages came to the fore this week, as a survey examined ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-277/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Albanese-and-Capital-Chemist-pharmacists-1.jpeg?fit=1773%2C1182&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 28 July 2022 /news/world-news-wrapup-28-july-2022/ /news/world-news-wrapup-28-july-2022/#disqus_thread Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:01:49 +0000 /?p=136333 Pharmacist’s “repulsive†alleged acts exchanging pills for sex; US pharmacy stakeholder calls for clarity in wake of abortion debate; Ontarians say wider scope too little, too late Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A ...

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]]> /news/world-news-wrapup-28-july-2022/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/legal-money-US.jpg?fit=1640%2C974&ssl=1 Pressure to ‘soldier on’ despite burnout /news/pressure-to-soldier-on-despite-burnout/ /news/pressure-to-soldier-on-despite-burnout/#disqus_thread Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:07:54 +0000 /?p=135723 Job stress, work climate and burnout are all factors in hospital pharmacists looking to quit – with one in five likely to leave or change their job A new report ...

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]]> /news/pressure-to-soldier-on-despite-burnout/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/112774793_la.jpg?fit=1448%2C1448&ssl=1 Review our pay, say pharmacists /news/review-our-pay-say-pharmacists/ /news/review-our-pay-say-pharmacists/#disqus_thread Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:16:15 +0000 /?p=135580 What do pharmacists want? A new review of pay… and a Guild leader says remuneration is on its agenda After the dust settled on the May Federal Election, we asked ...

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]]> /news/review-our-pay-say-pharmacists/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/36824900_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1242&ssl=1 Full scope future call /news/full-scope-future-call/ /news/full-scope-future-call/#disqus_thread Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:34:38 +0000 /?p=134778 The new Albanese Government needs to get down to business helping pharmacies feel confident about their future, says one stakeholder Now that Labor has taken office and sworn in its ...

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]]> /news/full-scope-future-call/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/54429739_l-e1548299871588.jpg?fit=2024%2C1624&ssl=1 Poll: What should Government prioritise? /news/poll-what-should-government-prioritise/ /news/poll-what-should-government-prioritise/#disqus_thread Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:10:59 +0000 /?p=134729 With a new Labor Federal Government in power and an expanded Health ministry, what would you like to see prioritised when it comes to the pharmacy profession? New Prime Minister ...

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]]> /news/poll-what-should-government-prioritise/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/48577164_l-e1548245227542.jpg?fit=2018%2C1310&ssl=1 Unfair pay disparities remain /news/unfair-pay-disparities-remain/ /news/unfair-pay-disparities-remain/#disqus_thread Wed, 30 Mar 2022 07:01:22 +0000 /?p=132019 Morrison Government fails to improve remuneration for members of the profession and plan hospital pharmacist roles, say pharmacy stakeholders The Pharmacy Guild wasn’t happy with this year’s Federal Budget, with ...

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]]> /news/unfair-pay-disparities-remain/feed/ 7 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/6231763_m.jpg?fit=847%2C565&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-243/ /news/the-week-in-review-243/#disqus_thread Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:02:49 +0000 /?p=127790 This week the headlines were all about employment conditions, including wages, as well as more COVID news Melbourne pharmacist Pardeep Singh crunched some numbers this week, finding that the choice ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-243/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1125680650.jpg?fit=2024%2C1145&ssl=1 Dispensing machines in general practices? /news/dispensing-machines-in-general-practices/ /news/dispensing-machines-in-general-practices/#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:00:53 +0000 /?p=126521 The vending machine model and three-month dispensing have been proposed again – as have dispensing from general practice, online and in supermarkets – by GPs in a report critiquing the ...

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]]> /news/dispensing-machines-in-general-practices/feed/ 13 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/111846498_m.jpg?fit=1773%2C1182&ssl=1 Views on digital innovation wanted /news/pharmacy-announcements/views-on-digital-innovation-wanted/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/views-on-digital-innovation-wanted/#disqus_thread Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:37:52 +0000 /?p=123235 The Australian Digital Health Agency wants to hear from Australians about the future of healthcare The Agency has launched a nationwide online survey on digital health this week. Consumers, healthcare providers, industry ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/views-on-digital-innovation-wanted/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/48577164_l-e1548245227542.jpg?fit=2018%2C1310&ssl=1 ‘A work in progress for the decade ahead’ /news/a-work-in-progress-for-the-decade-ahead/ /news/a-work-in-progress-for-the-decade-ahead/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:37:22 +0000 /?p=108701 FIP has launched goals to support the transformation of the pharmacy profession around the world The FIP Development Goals build on the 13 Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals for pharmacy education ...

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]]> /news/a-work-in-progress-for-the-decade-ahead/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50366877261_ed96255cdb_c.jpg?fit=800%2C789&ssl=1 Rethink needed after COVID-19 /news/covid-19/rethink-needed-after-covid-19/ /news/covid-19/rethink-needed-after-covid-19/#disqus_thread Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:26:45 +0000 /?p=104981 Doctors are advocating for an Australian National Centre for Disease Control in comments welcomed by the PSA In opening remarks to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19, AMA president Dr ...

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]]> /news/covid-19/rethink-needed-after-covid-19/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/43132410_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Retailers without strong connections suffer: TWC /news/retailers-without-strong-connections-suffer-twc/ /news/retailers-without-strong-connections-suffer-twc/#disqus_thread Tue, 03 Mar 2020 07:59:27 +0000 /?p=99718 More than 500 pharmacists and pharmacy professionals across the TerryWhite Chemmart network are in Melbourne to hear from pharmacy industry leaders The pharmacists are visiting as part of TerryWhite Chemmart’s ...

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]]> /news/retailers-without-strong-connections-suffer-twc/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Photo2_TWC_Masterclass_Delegatesa.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1 Room to grow /news/room-to-grow/ /news/room-to-grow/#disqus_thread Mon, 03 Feb 2020 06:21:33 +0000 /?p=98305 Pharmacies around the world are implementing strategies which are benefiting health enormously, says an award-winning pharmacist Lucy Walker, owner of the Terry White Chemmart Goondiwindi in rural Queensland (which was ...

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]]> /news/room-to-grow/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/43141647_xl-e1475545990324.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Guild accused of ‘bullying’ governments for profit /news/guild-accused-of-bullying-governments-for-profit/ /news/guild-accused-of-bullying-governments-for-profit/#disqus_thread Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:12:08 +0000 /?p=93043 The leaders of Australia’s peak general practice organisations have united to lobby governments not to accept Pharmacy Guild policy The doctors said in a statement that the Guild is attempting ...

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]]> /news/guild-accused-of-bullying-governments-for-profit/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dollarphotoclub_65718662.jpg?fit=2048%2C1415&ssl=1 NT pharmacy faces uncertain future /news/nt-faces-uncertain-future/ /news/nt-faces-uncertain-future/#disqus_thread Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:38:52 +0000 /?p=92643 The Northern Territory’s only university has scrapped its pharmacy program, leaving the sector in a “tricky position†according to one pharmacy leader Charles Darwin University, the only university in the ...

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]]> /news/nt-faces-uncertain-future/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/40560180_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-133/ /news/the-week-in-review-133/#disqus_thread Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:45:39 +0000 /?p=92532 Scope of practice was the key issue in pharmacy this week, with a new policy paper from the Guild and anger from doctors The Pharmacy Guild launched a new policy ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-133/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/main_image.jpg?fit=780%2C300&ssl=1 A new alliance /news/a-new-alliance/ /news/a-new-alliance/#disqus_thread Fri, 26 Jul 2019 23:43:03 +0000 /?p=91783 The PSA and SHPA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling closer cooperation representing and empowering the majority and spectrum of Australia’s pharmacists and technicians The MoU, announced at the ...

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]]> /news/a-new-alliance/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fowler_Freeman-MoU-2019.jpg?fit=2024%2C1734&ssl=1 The future is here /app2019/the-future-is-here-2/ /app2019/the-future-is-here-2/#disqus_thread Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:00:32 +0000 /?p=89400 What role will AI play in the future of pharmacy? Shara Evans joins the AJP stage at APP 2019 to tell us about the role that Artificial Intelligence is playing ...

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]]> /app2019/the-future-is-here-2/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/786946530_295x166.jpg?fit=295%2C166&ssl=1 Welcome back /news/welcome-back/ /news/welcome-back/#disqus_thread Sun, 19 May 2019 23:35:42 +0000 /?p=89021 The PSA says it looks forward to working with the re-elected Morrison Government, including on negotiations for the 7CPA Commenting on the weekend’s election, in which the Coalition has claimed ...

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]]> /news/welcome-back/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/D627bN7XkAAvF-x.jpg-large.jpg?fit=989%2C519&ssl=1 Can we safeguard pharmacy’s future? /in-depth/opinion/can-we-safeguard-pharmacys-future/ /in-depth/opinion/can-we-safeguard-pharmacys-future/#disqus_thread Mon, 06 May 2019 07:40:29 +0000 /?p=88508 With significant concerns around what the future holds for the profession, what can be done? asks Marc Clavin With evolving customer relationship technology and a growing consumer demand for accessible ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/can-we-safeguard-pharmacys-future/feed/ 3 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/48577164_l-e1548245227542.jpg?fit=2018%2C1310&ssl=1 Amcal unveils new format /news/amcal-unveils-new-format/ /news/amcal-unveils-new-format/#disqus_thread Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:08:15 +0000 /?p=85980 Amcal and Guardian have named their top pharmacies, as well as two new initiatives At their conference on the Gold Coast, the two brands also announced a range of winning ...

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]]> /news/amcal-unveils-new-format/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mcal-life-clinic.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1 Locking in the changes /news/locking-in-the-changes/ /news/locking-in-the-changes/#disqus_thread Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:23:01 +0000 /?p=84815 A Shorten Labor Government would establish a permanent Australian Health Reform Commission, the Shadow Health Minister says In a speech to the National Press Club on Labor’s vision for health ...

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]]> /news/locking-in-the-changes/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Catherine-King.jpg?fit=1418%2C2024&ssl=1 Pollies back pharmacists in harm minimisation /news/pollies-back-pharmacists-in-harm-minimisation/ /news/pollies-back-pharmacists-in-harm-minimisation/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:54:06 +0000 /?p=84757 Politicians from the three major parties have spoken out in support of the role pharmacists can play in reducing harms from licit and illicit drugs Speaking at the launch of ...

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]]> /news/pollies-back-pharmacists-in-harm-minimisation/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dinatalepsalaunch.jpg?fit=2024%2C1521&ssl=1 Don’t listen to only pharmacists on 7CPA /news/dont-listen-to-only-pharmacists-on-7cpa/ /news/dont-listen-to-only-pharmacists-on-7cpa/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:00:57 +0000 /?p=84739 As a co-signatory to the 7CPA, the PSA can help raise the voices of other stakeholders including patient groups, its president says Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Wednesday morning ...

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]]> /news/dont-listen-to-only-pharmacists-on-7cpa/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/50416596_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1822&ssl=1 PSA to co-sign the 7CPA /news/psa-to-co-sign-the-7cpa/ /news/psa-to-co-sign-the-7cpa/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:47:20 +0000 /?p=84730 Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced that the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia will be co-signatory to the upcoming Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement Speaking at a breakfast held at Parliament House ...

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]]> /news/psa-to-co-sign-the-7cpa/feed/ 10 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/huntpsalaunch.jpg?fit=2024%2C1248&ssl=1 In the year 2023… /news/in-the-year-2023/ /news/in-the-year-2023/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:00:21 +0000 /?p=84693 In five years’ time, pharmacists will be the custodians of medicine safety, embedded wherever medicines are used, and more responsible and accountable for the safe and effective use of medicines, ...

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]]> /news/in-the-year-2023/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1808-Future-of-Pharmacy-eBook-Image-1.png?fit=1141%2C613&ssl=1 What’s in store for 2019? /news/whats-in-store-for-2019/ /news/whats-in-store-for-2019/#disqus_thread Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:53:49 +0000 /?p=83803 More collaboration, more opportunities and a transformation into health hubs are on the cards for pharmacy as the decade draws to a close In this week’s edition of Guild newsletter ...

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]]> /news/whats-in-store-for-2019/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-new-year.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Stepping up the focus /news/stepping-up-the-focus/ /news/stepping-up-the-focus/#disqus_thread Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:14:45 +0000 /?p=82915 We spoke to new PSA national president Dr Chris Freeman about your pay packet, PSA influence over the 7CPA and why the MBS is not a funding silver bullet On ...

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]]> /news/stepping-up-the-focus/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Dr-Chris-Freeman-PSA-National-President_lowres_web.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 CP2025 framework is here /news/cp2025-framework-is-here/ /news/cp2025-framework-is-here/#disqus_thread Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:14:09 +0000 /?p=81505 The Guild has formally advised members of its CP2025 Framework for Change, encouraging them to download the publication and use it to transform businesses The Pharmacy Guild has contacted its ...

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]]> /news/cp2025-framework-is-here/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 CWH pilots AI solution /news/cwh-pilots-ai-solution/ /news/cwh-pilots-ai-solution/#disqus_thread Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:03:25 +0000 /?p=81486 A New Zealand startup has announced a pilot with Chemist Warehouse aimed at helping the discount giant with its merchandising, buying and selling IT media outlets Which-50 and ItBrief are ...

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]]> /news/cwh-pilots-ai-solution/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1808-Future-of-Pharmacy-eBook-Image-1.png?fit=1141%2C613&ssl=1 ‘We cannot afford to fail in this mission.’ /news/we-cannot-afford-to-fail-in-this-mission/ /news/we-cannot-afford-to-fail-in-this-mission/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:06:11 +0000 /?p=80707 FIP has launched a Workforce Development Hub, with two Australians in its leadership team Kirstie Galbraith will focus on advanced practice and specialisation under the project, while Ian Larson will ...

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]]> /news/we-cannot-afford-to-fail-in-this-mission/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/77883354_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 TWC to boldly go into the future /news/twc-to-boldly-go-into-the-future/ /news/twc-to-boldly-go-into-the-future/#disqus_thread Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:06:21 +0000 /?p=80346 TerryWhite Chemmart has flagged a “bold†new plan which will see more personalised store formats and a medicines adherence focus At its 2018 Supplier Forum in Melbourne, its leadership team ...

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]]> /news/twc-to-boldly-go-into-the-future/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/twc-supplier.jpg?fit=1456%2C971&ssl=1 A vision of personalised care /news/a-vision-of-personalised-care/ /news/a-vision-of-personalised-care/#disqus_thread Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:05:15 +0000 /?p=79242 By 2030, all Australians could have genetic screening done early in life to provide individual risk profiles, a new paper on personalised medicine forecasts The new Occasional Paper, from the ...

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]]> /news/a-vision-of-personalised-care/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/61547616_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1219&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 11 October 2018 /news/world-news-wrapup-11-october-2018/ /news/world-news-wrapup-11-october-2018/#disqus_thread Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:23:19 +0000 /?p=79101 Walgreens readies for Hurricane Michael; crisis in Zimbabwe as drugs run out and pharmacies demand cash; UK pharmacy stakeholders call for better planning Gulf Coast, US: As Hurricane Michael threatens ...

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]]> /news/world-news-wrapup-11-october-2018/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DpGU22EXUAAV8w4.jpg-large.jpg?fit=2001%2C2000&ssl=1 Pharmacist prescribing forum: what’s next? /news/pharmacist-prescribing-forum-whats-next/ /news/pharmacist-prescribing-forum-whats-next/#disqus_thread Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:09:45 +0000 /?p=78925 Stakeholders have shown a strong desire to progress work to enable pharmacists to prescribe S4 and S8 medicines The Pharmacy Board of Australia has published a report about the forum ...

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]]> /news/pharmacist-prescribing-forum-whats-next/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/42420399_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Ventura names top pharmacist and pharmacy /news/ventura-names-top-pharmacist-and-pharmacy/ /news/ventura-names-top-pharmacist-and-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Wed, 03 Oct 2018 02:02:08 +0000 /?p=78712 Ventura Health has outlined its vision of the future customer and named its top pharmacist at its second health expo The group headed to the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, where ...

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]]> /news/ventura-names-top-pharmacist-and-pharmacy/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/marioc.jpg?fit=1128%2C749&ssl=1 The challenges that could prevent success /news/the-challenges-that-could-prevent-success/ /news/the-challenges-that-could-prevent-success/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:28:59 +0000 /?p=78006 Pharmacists need to get cracking now to secure their future in a very different pharmacy landscape, warns the Guild In this week’s edition of Forefront, Pharmacy Guild executive director David ...

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]]> /news/the-challenges-that-could-prevent-success/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/11423590_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1653&ssl=1 ‘Community pharmacy agreements affect all medicines stakeholders.’ /news/community-pharmacy-agreements-affect-all-medicines-stakeholders/ /news/community-pharmacy-agreements-affect-all-medicines-stakeholders/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:35:15 +0000 /?p=77917 A Shorten Labor Government would invite more stakeholders to the 7CPA negotiating table, says the Shadow Health Minister Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare Catherine King spoke at the PharmAus18 ...

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]]> /news/community-pharmacy-agreements-affect-all-medicines-stakeholders/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Catherine_King_MP_Original-e1469404901698.jpg?fit=1416%2C1062&ssl=1 Agenda setters: Joyce McSwan /news/agenda-setters-joyce-mcswan/ /news/agenda-setters-joyce-mcswan/#disqus_thread Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:48:07 +0000 /?p=77765 In the first of a new series, AJP chats with Joyce McSwan, who was voted by readers as pharmacy’s biggest Agenda Setter The Agenda Setters campaign asked AJP readers to ...

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]]> /news/agenda-setters-joyce-mcswan/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/JoyceMcSwanSmile.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1 Female workforce requires planning /news/female-workforce-requires-planning/ /news/female-workforce-requires-planning/#disqus_thread Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:00:38 +0000 /?p=77351 Pharmacy’s a growing profession, and increasingly populated by women, a new report shows The findings from the largest retrospective study of pharmacy workforce capacity conducted by any organisation to date ...

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]]> /news/female-workforce-requires-planning/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/48653728_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Profession’s sustainability ‘requires economic freedom’. /news/professions-sustainability-requires-economic-freedom/ /news/professions-sustainability-requires-economic-freedom/#disqus_thread Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:08:01 +0000 /?p=77149 Pharmacists need freedom to operate professionally without pressure, says FIP’s outgoing president Dr Carmen Peña, President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), said in opening the 78th World Congress of ...

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]]> /news/professions-sustainability-requires-economic-freedom/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 CWH co-founder is wrong on deregulation claims /news/cwh-co-founder-is-wrong-on-deregulation-claims/ /news/cwh-co-founder-is-wrong-on-deregulation-claims/#disqus_thread Thu, 23 Aug 2018 06:47:07 +0000 /?p=76390 Recent comments by Chemist Warehouse’s Damian Gance could undermine the credibility of the profession, writes Paul Jaffar The Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and pharmacy ownership in ...

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]]> /news/cwh-co-founder-is-wrong-on-deregulation-claims/feed/ 3 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Chemist_Warehouse_Woden_in_September_2013.jpg?fit=2024%2C1518&ssl=1 Could Amazon provide better health spend value? /news/could-amazon-provide-better-health-spend-value/ /news/could-amazon-provide-better-health-spend-value/#disqus_thread Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:55:13 +0000 /?p=76369 Amazon is likely to make “huge strides†in healthcare, says one data and analytics company GlobalData, a data and insight provider with an interest in healthcare, says that Amazon’s business ...

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]]> /news/could-amazon-provide-better-health-spend-value/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/shop-1908580_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C855&ssl=1 Peering into the AJP crystal ball /in-depth/longer-read/peering-into-the-ajp-crystal-ball/ /in-depth/longer-read/peering-into-the-ajp-crystal-ball/#disqus_thread Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:44:24 +0000 /?p=75982 Negotiations are soon due to start for the 7CPA. We look ahead to see what might be on offer for pharmacy. By Megan Haggan No matter the sector, the future ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/peering-into-the-ajp-crystal-ball/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/11423590_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1653&ssl=1 Deadly heatwave future modelled /news/deadly-heatwave-future-modelled/ /news/deadly-heatwave-future-modelled/#disqus_thread Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:46:33 +0000 /?p=75047 Heatwave deaths could more than quadruple in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, a new study warns The first global study to predict future heatwave-related deaths predicts that unless humans can adapt ...

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]]> /news/deadly-heatwave-future-modelled/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sunshine-background-1473838693kSs.jpg?fit=1920%2C1300&ssl=1 A case for change /in-depth/opinion/a-case-for-change/ /in-depth/opinion/a-case-for-change/#disqus_thread Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:43:36 +0000 /?p=74454 Chris Brooker takes a look at the future of pharmacy Have you ever considered what stress coopers (the profession, not the excellent South Australian brewery) must have been under as ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/a-case-for-change/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/72852599_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 Three models of pharmacist prescribing examined /news/three-models-of-pharmacist-prescribing-examined/ /news/three-models-of-pharmacist-prescribing-examined/#disqus_thread Mon, 02 Jul 2018 04:12:54 +0000 /?p=73492 Steps towards pharmacist prescribing could be taken soon, including examining how stakeholders could get involved with its progress The Pharmacy Board held a forum last week to consider the need ...

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]]> /news/three-models-of-pharmacist-prescribing-examined/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/13232620_l.jpg?fit=2487%2C1686&ssl=1 Nine ways to shine /news/pharmacy-announcements/nine-ways-to-shine/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/nine-ways-to-shine/#disqus_thread Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:32:10 +0000 /?p=73074 The Pharmacy Guild has identified nine pathways of the future in its CP2025 research project Community pharmacies of the future will have a greater focus on services for the safe ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/nine-ways-to-shine/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 MBS access on the way? /news/mbs-access-on-the-way/ /news/mbs-access-on-the-way/#disqus_thread Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:54:16 +0000 /?p=72606 Pharmacists having access to MBS items may be a step closer, PSA national president Dr Shane Jackson has hinted Speaking at the opening session of ConPharm 2018, the Annual Consultant ...

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]]> /news/mbs-access-on-the-way/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_0960-002.jpg?fit=1632%2C1224&ssl=1 Action Plan for Community Pharmacy in 2025 /news/pharmacy-announcements/action-plan-for-community-pharmacy-in-2025/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/action-plan-for-community-pharmacy-in-2025/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 Jun 2018 05:51:06 +0000 /?p=72463 An action plan for the future of community pharmacy in 2025 will be presented at Pharmacy Connect in September The session is aimed at enabling community pharmacies to prepare for ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/action-plan-for-community-pharmacy-in-2025/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-05-11_webcar-1400x514_HS-Entrance.jpg?fit=1400%2C514&ssl=1 Don’t dawdle on 2025 vision: Quilty /news/dont-dawdle-on-2025-vision-quilty/ /news/dont-dawdle-on-2025-vision-quilty/#disqus_thread Wed, 16 May 2018 08:06:26 +0000 /?p=71218 The Guild’s CP2025 analysts have identified nine growth pathways for the community pharmacy sector And it’s vital that pharmacy businesses take action now rather than wait and hope change won’t ...

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]]> /news/dont-dawdle-on-2025-vision-quilty/feed/ 5 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36964990_xl-e1505888860530.jpg?fit=2024%2C1411&ssl=1 National capital has a new healthcare landmark /news/national-capital-new-healthcare-landmark/ /news/national-capital-new-healthcare-landmark/#disqus_thread Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:57:50 +0000 /?p=67680 PSA is looking forward to the future in its new purpose-built Pharmacy House, opened by Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation Senator Zed Seselja During a ceremony attended by ...

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]]> /news/national-capital-new-healthcare-landmark/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Opening-1a.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Pharmacists neglected in pandemic planning /news/pharmacists-neglected-pandemic-planning/ /news/pharmacists-neglected-pandemic-planning/#disqus_thread Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:02:11 +0000 /?p=67377 Pharmacists are a “largely untapped†resource in flu outbreaks and their role should be specified in pandemic planning, says one expert The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association’s Deeble Institute for ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-neglected-pandemic-planning/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/54776689_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Students: speak up /news/students-speak-up/ /news/students-speak-up/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:11:46 +0000 /?p=67172 Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association are excited about a new year of closer collaboration The two organisations have out a joint call ...

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]]> /news/students-speak-up/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/53139138_xl-e1515452628730.jpg?fit=2024%2C1431&ssl=1 What do patients want from pharmacy? /news/patients-want-pharmacy/ /news/patients-want-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:38:40 +0000 /?p=67096 New research has highlighted the importance of increasing the service focus of community pharmacy In this week’s edition of Forefront, Guild national executive director David Quilty reports on research into ...

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]]> /news/patients-want-pharmacy/feed/ 5 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/42163678_m.jpg?fit=848%2C565&ssl=1 ‘If your businesses are doing better then you’ve got to share.’ /news/businesses-better-youve-got-share/ /news/businesses-better-youve-got-share/#disqus_thread Mon, 11 Dec 2017 05:53:14 +0000 /?p=63549 This year’s Pharmacy Barometer has indicated a slight upward trend in pharmacist wages, says UTS Head of Health—but the majority indicate no change UTS Pharmacy has released its 2017 UTS ...

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]]> /news/businesses-better-youve-got-share/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10109883_xl-e1487898951152.jpg?fit=2018%2C1472&ssl=1 Rhonda White: ‘Our role is underplayed’ /news/rhonda-white-role-underplayed/ /news/rhonda-white-role-underplayed/#disqus_thread Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:35:47 +0000 /?p=63186 AJP chats with Rhonda White about direct supply, why governments must utilise pharmacy more, and why the profession has a very human future Pharmacy legend Rhonda White has received the ...

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]]> /news/rhonda-white-role-underplayed/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Rhonda-White-receives-honourary-life-membership_1.jpg?fit=640%2C428&ssl=1 In the year 2025… /news/in-the-year-2025/ /news/in-the-year-2025/#disqus_thread Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:33:28 +0000 /?p=63138 What will community pharmacies look like in Australia in 2025? the Guild is wondering The Guild is addressing a range of questions in its strategic planning project—such as how pharmacies ...

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]]> /news/in-the-year-2025/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Is your profession under threat from automation? /news/profession-threat-automation/ /news/profession-threat-automation/#disqus_thread Thu, 02 Nov 2017 17:00:54 +0000 /?p=61607 What experts predict about the nature of employment in 2030 Just over a week ago, the Productivity Commission released a report of recommendations calling for community pharmacists to be replaced ...

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]]> /news/profession-threat-automation/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/46994521_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C2024&ssl=1 Machines can’t replace us: NAPSA /news/machines-cant-replace-us-napsa/ /news/machines-cant-replace-us-napsa/#disqus_thread Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:58:44 +0000 /?p=61423 Pharmacy students say the Productivity Commission’s report displays its ignorance on pharmacy The National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association issued a statement in which it says it supports some of the ...

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]]> /news/machines-cant-replace-us-napsa/feed/ 4 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/robot.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Why pharmacy must embrace technology /in-depth/opinion/pharmacy-must-embrace-technology/ /in-depth/opinion/pharmacy-must-embrace-technology/#disqus_thread Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:22:02 +0000 /?p=60616 New technologies offer a lot to the emerging generation of young pharmacists, writes Shefali Parekh We are well and truly in the digital age, and technology has a lot to ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/pharmacy-must-embrace-technology/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/36964990_xl-e1505888860530.jpg?fit=2024%2C1411&ssl=1 National Pharmacies harnesses VR, facial recognition /news/national-pharmacies-harnesses-vr-facial-recognition/ /news/national-pharmacies-harnesses-vr-facial-recognition/#disqus_thread Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:15:27 +0000 /?p=60587 Self service via facial recognition and an augmented reality app are two ways in which the National Pharmacies chain is steering its services into the future The group has implemented ...

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]]> /news/national-pharmacies-harnesses-vr-facial-recognition/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/67782720_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 Falls prevention researchers eye robots /news/falls-prevention-researchers-eye-robots/ /news/falls-prevention-researchers-eye-robots/#disqus_thread Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:38:39 +0000 /?p=60491 South Australian researchers are looking into how companion robots could help reduce the impact of falls Around 80,000 injuries and 1,000 fatalities are caused every year by frail and elderly ...

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]]> /news/falls-prevention-researchers-eye-robots/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Chemist Warehouse among Kiwi worries /news/chemist-warehouse-among-kiwi-worries/ /news/chemist-warehouse-among-kiwi-worries/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:28:17 +0000 /?p=59880 More than 90% of New Zealand pharmacists are worried about disruption to the industry posed by new entrants and deregulation A recent survey by business advisory and accountancy firm BDO ...

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]]> /news/chemist-warehouse-among-kiwi-worries/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/15670055963_c2efba6476_o.jpg?fit=2024%2C1573&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-51/ /news/the-week-in-review-51/#disqus_thread Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:13:42 +0000 /?p=58876 It’s been a week for official announcements in community pharmacy If you’ve been wondering what to do with your leftover low-dose codeine stock next year when these products are upscheduled, ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-51/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FIPEd2017-Dooley_Bates_Michaels_Coombes-e1505453229394.jpg?fit=2024%2C1280&ssl=1 Corporatisation, ‘game changing’ interventions highlighted /news/corporatisation-game-changing-interventions-highlighted/ /news/corporatisation-game-changing-interventions-highlighted/#disqus_thread Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:17:41 +0000 /?p=58838 Pharmacy is becoming corporatised across Australia and similar countries, warns Guild national president George Tambassis Mr Tambassis wrote in this week’s edition of Forefront that there are “a number of ...

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]]> /news/corporatisation-game-changing-interventions-highlighted/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_2062.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1 Guild snubs King Review with own plans for future /news/guild-snubs-king-review-plans-future/ /news/guild-snubs-king-review-plans-future/#disqus_thread Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:12:37 +0000 /?p=58834 The Guild has launched a “thought-starter†paper to introduce a major strategic planning project which it says will help secure pharmacy’s future The paper, called Community Pharmacy 2025 – introduction, ...

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]]> /news/guild-snubs-king-review-plans-future/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Aussie initiatives shine in FIP report /news/aussie-initiatives-shine-fip-report/ /news/aussie-initiatives-shine-fip-report/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:23:47 +0000 /?p=58692 Australian pharmacy innovation has been highlighted in a global report launched today by FIP It’s a “powerful endorsement†of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s role in driving pharmacy ...

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]]> /news/aussie-initiatives-shine-fip-report/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FIPEd2017-Dooley_Bates_Michaels_Coombes-e1505453229394.jpg?fit=2024%2C1280&ssl=1 TWC announces plans, awards /news/twc-announces-plans-awards/ /news/twc-announces-plans-awards/#disqus_thread Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:53:13 +0000 /?p=58379 TerryWhite Chemmart will continue its Masterclass program and other initiatives next year, the giant has announced Providing the next generation of pharmacists with the right building blocks for becoming successful ...

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]]> /news/twc-announces-plans-awards/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/TerryWhite-Chemmart-Pharmacy-Awards.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 The seven issues driving global pharmacy /news/seven-issues-driving-global-pharmacy/ /news/seven-issues-driving-global-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:30:18 +0000 /?p=57239 Core issues driving the future of pharmacy include the “corporatisation of healthcare,†funding cuts to pharmacy and the opioid epidemic Ahead of the Guild’s annual meeting next month with sister ...

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]]> /news/seven-issues-driving-global-pharmacy/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 King approach ‘radical and untested’ /news/king-approach-radical-untested/ /news/king-approach-radical-untested/#disqus_thread Wed, 19 Jul 2017 05:50:48 +0000 /?p=55784 The direction taken by the King Review looks like a calculated attempt to dismantle the current community pharmacy model, says Guild executive director David Quilty. In this week’s edition of ...

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]]> /news/king-approach-radical-untested/feed/ 31 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/35421364_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1675&ssl=1 Innovator Nils Vesk to speak at Pharmacy Connect /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovator-nils-vesk-speak-pharmacy-connect/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovator-nils-vesk-speak-pharmacy-connect/#disqus_thread Mon, 17 Jul 2017 04:22:02 +0000 /?p=55703 A futurist will engage Pharmacy Connect delegates on how to stay ahead of change The pharmacy industry is undergoing significant changes with pharmacies increasingly required to make fundamental changes in ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovator-nils-vesk-speak-pharmacy-connect/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Nils-Vesk.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 How technology can assist with patient ‘activation’ /in-depth/opinion/technology-can-assist-patient-activation/ /in-depth/opinion/technology-can-assist-patient-activation/#disqus_thread Tue, 30 May 2017 17:38:20 +0000 /?p=52962 How can robotic pharmacy kiosks, remote counselling, smart pills and sensors engage patients? asks Dr Angel Gonzalez In my last article, I discussed how ‘fully engaged’ or ‘activated’ patients have ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/technology-can-assist-patient-activation/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24233293_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1518&ssl=1 Scientists push international agenda for new medicines research /news/scientists-push-international-agenda-new-medicines-research/ /news/scientists-push-international-agenda-new-medicines-research/#disqus_thread Thu, 25 May 2017 03:32:35 +0000 /?p=52750 The health community is moving towards a new era of medicines, but how should it best go about navigating the change? The move towards systems therapeutics was discussed at the ...

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]]> /news/scientists-push-international-agenda-new-medicines-research/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/47304263_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1613&ssl=1 How to access Budget funding /news/pharmacy-announcements/access-budget-funding/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/access-budget-funding/#disqus_thread Mon, 22 May 2017 03:20:19 +0000 /?p=52503 The Queensland Guild is supporting its members to access funding set aside in the Budget for pharmacy programs The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch has implemented a dedicated Pharmacy ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/access-budget-funding/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Female-Pharmacist-and-Female-Customer-Consult-Room-Blood-Pressure_4.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Work together, urges FIP leader /news/work-together-urges-fip-leader/ /news/work-together-urges-fip-leader/#disqus_thread Mon, 22 May 2017 00:08:18 +0000 /?p=52483 Health stakeholders need to pull together to battle health threats across the globe, says FIP We are now operating in a globalised world of research and manufacturing—which not only implies ...

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]]> /news/work-together-urges-fip-leader/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/carmenpena.jpg?fit=1078%2C719&ssl=1 The 3-step model to future proof your pharmacy /in-depth/business-class/3-step-model-future-proof-pharmacy/ /in-depth/business-class/3-step-model-future-proof-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 May 2017 21:09:46 +0000 /?p=52103 Have you future proofed your business to reduce it’s vulnerability to current sales and profitability threats, Linda Miller asks? For many pharmacists, the biggest problem is being so busy with ...

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]]> /in-depth/business-class/3-step-model-future-proof-pharmacy/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cyber-security-1923446_1920.png?fit=1920%2C1228&ssl=1 Three ways to solve the biggest fixable problem in health care /news/three-ways-solve-biggest-fixable-problem-health-care/ /news/three-ways-solve-biggest-fixable-problem-health-care/#disqus_thread Tue, 09 May 2017 17:19:00 +0000 /?p=51723 One of Australia’s biggest problems is a huge opportunity for pharmacy to help, writes Vanessa Lontos Medicines are the most common treatment used in health care and contribute to significant ...

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]]> /news/three-ways-solve-biggest-fixable-problem-health-care/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/39538975_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 Growth on the horizon /news/growth-on-the-horizon/ /news/growth-on-the-horizon/#disqus_thread Tue, 09 May 2017 05:00:29 +0000 /?p=51727 Retail pharmacy trade is set for a period of growth – but not without challenges, a new report has found Bankwest’s Industry Overview Report on the pharmaceutical retailing industry, published ...

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]]> /news/growth-on-the-horizon/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/39538970_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1339&ssl=1 Don’t fear the future /news/dont-fear-future/ /news/dont-fear-future/#disqus_thread Fri, 05 May 2017 07:45:45 +0000 /?p=51590 A large proportion of pharmacists want to own their own pharmacies, but are worried about how they can do so, an AJP poll reveals We asked AJP readers whether they ...

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]]> /news/dont-fear-future/feed/ 5 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/42690392_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C2024&ssl=1 Preparing for the challenging years ahead /news/pharmacy-announcements/preparing-challenging-years-ahead/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/preparing-challenging-years-ahead/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Apr 2017 04:28:54 +0000 /?p=50635 Innovative international pharmacist Dr Tim Hanlon will deliver a keynote address at PSA’s flagship annual conference PSA17 Dr Hanlon’s keynote address, Embracing innovative solutions to respond to increasing global pharmaceutical ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/preparing-challenging-years-ahead/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Tim-Hanlon-photo.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Sex, stigma and disruption /in-depth/opinion/sex-stigma-disruption/ /in-depth/opinion/sex-stigma-disruption/#disqus_thread Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:00:04 +0000 /?p=50359 Disruptive technology can help improve the patient experience, write Liam Murphy and Jackie Eyles There is no denying that the status quo of current healthcare practice is in the grip ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/sex-stigma-disruption/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/50076630_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1344&ssl=1 Sickie app takes out top prize /news/sickie-app-takes-top-prize/ /news/sickie-app-takes-top-prize/#disqus_thread Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:33:58 +0000 /?p=48711 An app which makes it easier for sick consumers to get an absence from work certificate was named the winner in this year’s PharmHack More than 50 participants and observers ...

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]]> /news/sickie-app-takes-top-prize/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/C6ILdGnU0AAHv-0.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1 GSK explores the future of pharmacy with Virtual Reality /app2017/gsk-explores-future-pharmacy-virtual-reality/ /app2017/gsk-explores-future-pharmacy-virtual-reality/#disqus_thread Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:00:53 +0000 /?p=48263 As consumers take greater charge of their healthcare decisions, opportunities arise for the pharmacists role to transform and grow Australian consumers are increasingly taking charge of their health and healthcare ...

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]]> /app2017/gsk-explores-future-pharmacy-virtual-reality/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/53460574_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 Future focus at Rural Pharmacy Forum /app2017/future-focus-rural-pharmacy-forum/ /app2017/future-focus-rural-pharmacy-forum/#disqus_thread Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:11:42 +0000 /?p=48104 The Rural Pharmacy Forum at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference this year will focus on the future of rural pharmacy It will examine how the changing landscape of health and ...

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]]> /app2017/future-focus-rural-pharmacy-forum/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dollarphotoclub_51836042.jpg?fit=2048%2C1363&ssl=1 Forum: will pharmacists be replaced by computers? /news/forum-will-pharmacists-replaced-computers/ /news/forum-will-pharmacists-replaced-computers/#disqus_thread Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:20:28 +0000 /?p=48013 “In a study pharmacists were a profession that had only a 1.2% chance to be replaced by machines in the next 20 years. ( follow the link and the table ...

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]]> /news/forum-will-pharmacists-replaced-computers/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/robot.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Healthy futures report lauds community pharmacy /app2017/healthy-futures-report-lauds-community-pharmacy/ /app2017/healthy-futures-report-lauds-community-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 Feb 2017 01:25:59 +0000 /?p=47573 A recently commissioned report funded by Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and conducted by McCrindle Research shows that community pharmacies are friendly, professional and an integral part of healthcare services APP Chairman Kos ...

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]]> /app2017/healthy-futures-report-lauds-community-pharmacy/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 The lessons we can learn from students /in-depth/opinion/lessons-can-learn-students/ /in-depth/opinion/lessons-can-learn-students/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:39:56 +0000 /?p=45177 Pharmacy needs to engage with, and learn from, its future health professionals, writes Angelo Pricolo It was a privilege to have the opportunity to address the National Australian Pharmacy Students ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/lessons-can-learn-students/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wildcard-finalists.jpg?fit=1152%2C768&ssl=1 Pharmacists set to get hacking /news/pharmacists-set-get-hacking/ /news/pharmacists-set-get-hacking/#disqus_thread Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:25:16 +0000 /?p=44102 Australia’s pharmacy hack-a-thon is on again, giving pharmacists the chance to showcase their ingenuity In April 2015, Australia’s first pharmacy hack-a-thon, called PharmHack, was held in Sydney. Now the event ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-set-get-hacking/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SA170416-184.jpg?fit=1134%2C756&ssl=1 NAPSA Congress inspires /news/napsa-congress-inspires/ /news/napsa-congress-inspires/#disqus_thread Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:12:57 +0000 /?p=41806 The enthusiasm of pharmacy students attending the 2017 NAPSA Congress indicates the profession’s future will be in safe hands, says the association’s president President of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ ...

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]]> /news/napsa-congress-inspires/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wildcard-finalists.jpg?fit=1152%2C768&ssl=1 Future hay fever seasons will be worse thanks to climate change /in-depth/longer-read/future-hay-fever-seasons-will-worse-thanks-climate-change/ /in-depth/longer-read/future-hay-fever-seasons-will-worse-thanks-climate-change/#disqus_thread Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:00:51 +0000 /?p=30739 Future hay fever seasons will be worse thanks to climate change Janet Davies, The University of Queensland and Paul Beggs, Macquarie University It’s now late spring, with summer just around ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/future-hay-fever-seasons-will-worse-thanks-climate-change/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Depositphotos_7768399_m.jpg?fit=660%2C400&ssl=1 PM backs pharmacist ownership, innovation /news/pm-backs-pharmacist-ownership-innovation/ /news/pm-backs-pharmacist-ownership-innovation/#disqus_thread Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:25:40 +0000 /?p=30736 The Government and Guild are working together on new ways to capitalise on pharmacy’s “genuine potential,†Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last night. Speaking at the Pharmacy Guild’s Parliamentary Dinner, ...

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]]> /news/pm-backs-pharmacist-ownership-innovation/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gtmt.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Pharmacy workforce must adapt, transform /news/pharmacy-workforce-must-adapt-transform/ /news/pharmacy-workforce-must-adapt-transform/#disqus_thread Fri, 18 Nov 2016 04:40:48 +0000 /?p=30070 SHPA’s workforce strategy has recognised that the pharmacy workforce must adapt and transform, says its CEO, Kristin Michaels. Michaels gave the opening speech to over 900 delegates at the Medicines ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-workforce-must-adapt-transform/feed/ 3 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/km.jpg?fit=2000%2C1334&ssl=1 Credentialling: let’s create high standards /news/credentialling-lets-create-high-standards/ /news/credentialling-lets-create-high-standards/#disqus_thread Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:00:48 +0000 /?p=29318 Advanced Practice Pharmacist credentialing is key to the future of the profession, writes Shefali Parekh Credentialing of Advanced Practice Pharmacists has been the talk of the town since the Australian ...

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]]> /news/credentialling-lets-create-high-standards/feed/ 4 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/13662001_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world? /in-depth/longer-read/skin-patches-instead-needles-can-nanotechnology-vaccinate-world/ /in-depth/longer-read/skin-patches-instead-needles-can-nanotechnology-vaccinate-world/#disqus_thread Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:11:07 +0000 /?p=29017 Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world? Tristan Clemons, University of Western Australia Who likes getting a needle? I know I definitely don’t. Someone else who doesn’t ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/skin-patches-instead-needles-can-nanotechnology-vaccinate-world/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/36509734_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 FIP releases global plan for the future /news/fip-releases-global-plan-future/ /news/fip-releases-global-plan-future/#disqus_thread Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:40:15 +0000 /?p=28821 FIP has published a global vision and goals to transform pharmacy education and the pharmacy workforce during a conference of national pharmacy leaders in Nanjing, China. Change is vital if ...

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]]> /news/fip-releases-global-plan-future/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/39538926_l.jpg?fit=1801%2C2329&ssl=1 Three ways to find certainty in uncertain times /in-depth/opinion/three-ways-find-certainty-uncertain-times/ /in-depth/opinion/three-ways-find-certainty-uncertain-times/#disqus_thread Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:00:55 +0000 /?p=20529 It’s easy for pharmacists to feel as though we’re on shaky ground right now, but pharmacists do have some control, writes Vanessa Lontos Over the past few months I, like ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/three-ways-find-certainty-uncertain-times/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/28379634_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Pay doesn’t reflect qualifications, social benefit: Quilty /news/pay-doesnt-reflect-qualifications-social-benefit-quilty/ /news/pay-doesnt-reflect-qualifications-social-benefit-quilty/#disqus_thread Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:10:19 +0000 /?p=18428 Pharmacist pay may not adequately reflect the value of pharmacists’ work nor the education required to practice, says Guild executive director David Quilty In this week’s edition of Forefront, Quilty ...

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]]> /news/pay-doesnt-reflect-qualifications-social-benefit-quilty/feed/ 10 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/6231763_m.jpg?fit=847%2C565&ssl=1 The need for a pharmacy workforce strategy /in-depth/longer-read/need-pharmacy-workforce-strategy/ /in-depth/longer-read/need-pharmacy-workforce-strategy/#disqus_thread Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:00:16 +0000 /?p=18123 What is the right balance between supply and demand for pharmacists and how do we ensure an adequate number with the requisite skills and experience for the existing and emerging ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/need-pharmacy-workforce-strategy/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/46945642_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1491&ssl=1 Which expanded health care role interests you? /news/polls/expanded-health-care-role-interests/ /news/polls/expanded-health-care-role-interests/#disqus_thread Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:00:20 +0000 /?p=18080 Which expanded health care role interests you most? Internationally and in Australia, pharmacists are moving into new and expanded roles in community pharmacy. Recently the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett ...

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]]> /news/polls/expanded-health-care-role-interests/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vote.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&ssl=1 Reschedule meds, fund vaccine service to support pharmacies: White /news/reschedule-meds-fund-vaccine-service-support-pharmacies-white/ /news/reschedule-meds-fund-vaccine-service-support-pharmacies-white/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:00:35 +0000 /?p=17861 Pharmacy needs to remove roadblocks such as the schedule of some medicines in order to pave the way for Terry White member success, says the group’s CEO, Anthony White. Funding ...

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]]> /news/reschedule-meds-fund-vaccine-service-support-pharmacies-white/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/awhite.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1 Stephen King talks future with independent pharmacies /news/stephen-king-talks-future-independent-pharmacies/ /news/stephen-king-talks-future-independent-pharmacies/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:00:00 +0000 /?p=17858 Professor Stephen King was in Adelaide last week to discuss the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation with Pharmacy Choice members. At the Member Network Event, Prof King had an ...

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]]> /news/stephen-king-talks-future-independent-pharmacies/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/DSC05388.jpg?fit=2024%2C1513&ssl=1 ‘Beady greedy eyes of pharmacy owners’ – What you said /news/beady-greedy-eyes-pharmacy-owners-said/ /news/beady-greedy-eyes-pharmacy-owners-said/#disqus_thread Wed, 03 Aug 2016 05:00:35 +0000 /?p=17217 Two days ago, we reported on the PSA16 panel session examining pay rates for pharmacists, which PSA CEO Lance Emerson called “the single largest issue facing the profession in community ...

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]]> /news/beady-greedy-eyes-pharmacy-owners-said/feed/ 10 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Depositphotos_8558572_m.jpg?fit=1622%2C1232&ssl=1 Poll: do you want to expand your role? /news/polls/poll-want-expand-role/ /news/polls/poll-want-expand-role/#disqus_thread Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:21:06 +0000 /?p=16456 Are you keen to expand your role—or worried about workload and pay? Last week, the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett said that using pharmacists’ skills to take the pressure off ...

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]]> /news/polls/poll-want-expand-role/feed/ 6 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vote.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&ssl=1 Pharmacy workforce to evolve /news/pharmacy-workforce-evolve/ /news/pharmacy-workforce-evolve/#disqus_thread Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:14:36 +0000 /?p=16452 Pharmacy will have to evolve as technologies are introduced and refined, says Kristin Michaels, CEO of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. Michaels was addressing the two day Future ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-workforce-evolve/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Falling PBS script prices force pharmacies to boost retail revenue /news/falling-pbs-script-prices-force-pharmacies-boost-retail-revenue/ /news/falling-pbs-script-prices-force-pharmacies-boost-retail-revenue/#disqus_thread Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:00:01 +0000 /?p=15648 PBS reform is forcing pharmacy operators to boost their retail revenue, a report from IBISWorld, Pharmacies in 2016-7, shows. The report, which warns of troubled times ahead for pharmacy, says ...

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]]> /news/falling-pbs-script-prices-force-pharmacies-boost-retail-revenue/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/10718087_xl.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacy startup robust template for the future /news/pharmacy-startup-robust-template-future/ /news/pharmacy-startup-robust-template-future/#disqus_thread Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:00:43 +0000 /?p=15547 Startups like the Capsule pharmacy concept are not going away – and so pharmacists need to be ready to embrace change. Sabrine Elkhodr, a community pharmacist and director of digital ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-startup-robust-template-future/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Crowdfunded robot pharmacist of the future? /news/crowdfunded-pharmacist-future/ /news/crowdfunded-pharmacist-future/#disqus_thread Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:00:53 +0000 /?p=15460 Billed as a “healthcare companionâ€, a crowdfunded intelligent home robot called Pillo may be the robot pharmacist of the future. An Indiegogo campaign by a group of health, robotics, AI ...

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]]> /news/crowdfunded-pharmacist-future/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/t03a1lwd8wuksdfydyq3.jpg?fit=620%2C413&ssl=1 Four trends shaping the pharmacy of 2025 /news/four-trends-shaping-pharmacy-2025/ /news/four-trends-shaping-pharmacy-2025/#disqus_thread Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:00:18 +0000 /?p=15092 Guild executive director David Quilty has asked pharmacists to cast their minds forward to 2025 and consider how community pharmacies could look. Highlighting four “clear trends†that are driving the ...

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]]> /news/four-trends-shaping-pharmacy-2025/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Innovation through change is a must: O’Loghlin /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovation-change-must-ologhlin/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovation-change-must-ologhlin/#disqus_thread Fri, 27 May 2016 01:39:08 +0000 /?p=13191 The community pharmacy industry is in a rapid state of change. According to the NSW Guild, its upcoming Pharmacy Connect conference has been developed to not only highlight how the ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/innovation-change-must-ologhlin/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/James-OLoghlin.jpg?fit=531%2C797&ssl=1 Megatrends in health care as economy shifts /news/megatrends-health-care-economy-shifts/ /news/megatrends-health-care-economy-shifts/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 May 2016 01:30:42 +0000 /?p=12867 Disruption from sources like automation, digital interconnectivity and the peer economy are set to shake up the health sector as they are other sectors, says Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Senior Principal ...

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]]> /news/megatrends-health-care-economy-shifts/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 This week’s best reader comments /news/weeks-best-reader-comments/ /news/weeks-best-reader-comments/#disqus_thread Thu, 12 May 2016 18:00:05 +0000 /?p=12499 AJP takes a look back at this week’s best reader comments Our interview with Saxby Pharmacy’s and Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ian Carr, “Naturopathy: if it wasn’t so serious ...

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]]> /news/weeks-best-reader-comments/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13523055_l.jpg?fit=2516%2C1667&ssl=1 Automation inevitable, so adapt /news/automation-inevitable-adapt/ /news/automation-inevitable-adapt/#disqus_thread Sun, 08 May 2016 18:00:26 +0000 /?p=12259 The pharmacy profession could well fall victim to technology if it does not reinvent itself, says the founder of PharmHack. Pharmacist Sabrine Elkhodr, who has written for AJP on the ...

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]]> /news/automation-inevitable-adapt/feed/ 4 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34284357_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Could a robot take your job? /news/robot-take-job/ /news/robot-take-job/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 May 2016 18:00:19 +0000 /?p=12199 Could pharmacists be made obsolete by apps and robots? Stakeholders in the US seem to think pharmacists’ traditional role could be automated – and that robots could do a better ...

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]]> /news/robot-take-job/feed/ 5 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/17757396_l.jpg?fit=2183%2C1921&ssl=1 Pharmacy sector to enter a ‘terror zone’ /news/pharmacy-sector-enter-terror-zone/ /news/pharmacy-sector-enter-terror-zone/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 May 2016 18:00:13 +0000 /?p=12209 Pharmacy is headed for a “terror zone†in its lifetime business cycle, according to IbisWorld. IbisWorld examined the life cycle behaviour of various industries, broken into 509 classes, shining the ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-sector-enter-terror-zone/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/6066836_l.jpg?fit=2508%2C1672&ssl=1 ‘11 prototypes that each have the potential to completely disrupt the pharmacy industry.’ /news/11-prototypes-potential-completely-disrupt-pharmacy-industry/ /news/11-prototypes-potential-completely-disrupt-pharmacy-industry/#disqus_thread Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:00:18 +0000 /?p=11589 The world’s first pharmacy hackathon saw more than 100 participants and observers scramble to form ideas, create teams and then put together working prototypes of pharmacy-related innovations, all within 36 ...

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]]> /news/11-prototypes-potential-completely-disrupt-pharmacy-industry/feed/ 4 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SA170416-184.jpg?fit=1134%2C756&ssl=1 Euro/US style supermarket pharmacies inevitable, says expert /news/eurous-style-supermarket-pharmacies-inevitable-says-expert/ /news/eurous-style-supermarket-pharmacies-inevitable-says-expert/#disqus_thread Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:00:16 +0000 /?p=10725 European or US-style supermarket pharmacies are inevitable in Australia, says a retailing expert – but customers aren’t necessarily attracted to supermarkets for their health needs. Dr Gary Mortimer, senior lecturer ...

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]]> /news/eurous-style-supermarket-pharmacies-inevitable-says-expert/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_52535825.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacy 3.0: are we ready for disruption? /news/pharmacy-3-0-ready-disruption/ /news/pharmacy-3-0-ready-disruption/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:00:51 +0000 /?p=9775 Like other industries, pharmacy is set to be disrupted: but are pharmacists ready to adapt? writes Sabrine Elkhodr Mindlessly browsing through my Facebook feed recently, I came across an image ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-3-0-ready-disruption/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/39538926_l.jpg?fit=1801%2C2329&ssl=1 Glen Savage to speak on customer connection at APP2016 /news/glen-savage-to-speak-on-customer-connection-at-app2016/ /news/glen-savage-to-speak-on-customer-connection-at-app2016/#disqus_thread Tue, 27 Oct 2015 06:00:04 +0000 /?p=6706 When a customer walks into a pharmacy, they aren’t just seeking a remedy, they are looking for quality connections and engagement; with this in mind, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia ...

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]]> /news/glen-savage-to-speak-on-customer-connection-at-app2016/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/10718087_xl.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacists could offer pharmacogenetics testing: Dutch experts /news/pharmacists-could-offer-pharmacogenetics-testing-dutch-experts/ /news/pharmacists-could-offer-pharmacogenetics-testing-dutch-experts/#disqus_thread Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:27:26 +0000 /?p=6231 In as little as five years, community pharmacists in the Netherlands could be offering pharmacogenetics testing, therapeutic support and advice, according to international experts. A new plan to explore and ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-could-offer-pharmacogenetics-testing-dutch-experts/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/40830724_m.jpg?fit=937%2C511&ssl=1 FIP heads to Nanjing for blueprint for future pharmacy workforce /news/fip-heads-to-nanjing-for-blueprint-for-future-pharmacy-workforce/ /news/fip-heads-to-nanjing-for-blueprint-for-future-pharmacy-workforce/#disqus_thread Fri, 02 Oct 2015 02:59:32 +0000 /?p=6207 Education leaders from around the globe will journey to Nanjing, China, next year to create a blueprint for the pharmacy workforce of the future, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) announced ...

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]]> /news/fip-heads-to-nanjing-for-blueprint-for-future-pharmacy-workforce/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nj1.jpg?fit=1184%2C790&ssl=1 Pharmacy must stay relevant, address women’s needs: Carmen Peña /news/pharmacy-must-stay-relevant-address-womens-needs-carmen-pena/ /news/pharmacy-must-stay-relevant-address-womens-needs-carmen-pena/#disqus_thread Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:01:17 +0000 /?p=6125 FIP President Carmen Peña has called on pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists around the world to ensure that the profession of pharmacy remains relevant and able to respond effectively to the ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-must-stay-relevant-address-womens-needs-carmen-pena/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/carmenpena.jpg?fit=1078%2C719&ssl=1 Pharmacy scope of practice needs to change /news/pharmacy-scope-of-practice-needs-to-change/ /news/pharmacy-scope-of-practice-needs-to-change/#disqus_thread Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:57:27 +0000 http://¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/?p=5783 Pharmacy needs to reconsider ‘cheesy’ non-evidence-based services, stop letting pharmacists hide out the back and stop trying to out-Wool Woolworths, experts say. The sector needs to move from supply of ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-scope-of-practice-needs-to-change/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dollarphotoclub_75829841.jpg?fit=2048%2C1355&ssl=1 Making the retail/health marriage work: Rhonda White /news/making-retailhealth-marriage-work-rhonda-white/ /news/making-retailhealth-marriage-work-rhonda-white/#disqus_thread Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:26:25 +0000 http://¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/?p=2238 Community pharmacy is a marriage of professional retail and health services and they fit together nicely—but making this marriage work well demands a mastery that no other profession calls for, ...

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]]> /news/making-retailhealth-marriage-work-rhonda-white/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSC0229.jpg?fit=1024%2C800&ssl=1 Future of pharmacy bright, Kardachi tells students /news/future-pharmacy-bright-kardachi-tells-students/ /news/future-pharmacy-bright-kardachi-tells-students/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:25:42 +0000 http://¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/?p=2195 PSA national president Grant Kardachi says it’s time to dispel any pessimism about the future of pharmacy: there’s plenty of opportunities for incorporating services beyond the dispensing counter, he says. ...

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