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Reprieve for credentialed pharmacists
MRNs have been extended again, allowing credentialed pharmacists to keep providing medicines reviews Department of Health and Aged Care Assistant Secretary 鈥 Pharmacy Branch, David Laffan, has sent an email …
Transitions of care
Why pharmacists are a critical part of the aged care puzzle, say Fei Sim and Laetitia Hattingh With Australia鈥檚 ageing population and increased healthcare needs, the seamless transition between hospital, …
Eliminate out-of-date regulatory barriers, pharmacists say
The red tape preventing pharmacists from helping their patients needs to be cut, according to one pharmacy stakeholder The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its Pharmacist Prescribing position statement, …
鈥楾he highest level of pharmacy practice鈥
A rural pharmacist with a key role in palliative care, a proponent of professional services, and a former Registrar of a state Pharmacy Board are among those honoured by the …
What鈥檚 happening with credentialing?
With the current Medication Review Numbers (MRN) system set to expire at the end of June, pharmacists who use them remain concerned about their future The MRN system was set …
Medicines access at risk again
Pharmacists are again calling on governments to make continued dispensing measures permanent, as the current arrangements expire鈥 The聽Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has highlighted that the National Health (Continued Dispensing 鈥 …
Spaces of belonging
PSA Faye McMillan conference grant launched for its second year 鈥淐reating spaces of belonging is a critical component for reconciliation in this country. Grant opportunities such as this allow us …
Pharmacists thanked
A leading pharmacist has thanked members of the profession, and asked the general public to do likewise Today (21 March 2024) the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia marks Thank Your Pharmacist …
鈥楶rofessional elements are critical to any agreement鈥
Pharmacists will push for scope of practice expansion and professional programs, as the details of the 8CPA are finalised Pharmaceutical Society of Australia president Associate Professor Fei Sim says the …
More than ever鈥
The 2024 theme for Thank Your Pharmacist Day has been announced The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has stated that the 2024 theme for Thank Your Pharmacist Day is, 鈥淢ore than …
Pharmacists back NSW RSV decision
NSW residents are being encouraged to visit their pharmacist to get an RSV vaccine The NSW government has become the first Australian state to allow pharmacists to initiate and administer …
鈥極ur colony is overrun with medical adventurers鈥
Should only registered pharmacists be able to dispense therapeutic goods? Following the 鈥済reat sensation amongst the druggists in this city鈥 鈥 namely, a lawsuit over wrongful dispensing 鈥 pharmacists of …