Boost your CPD with the AJP
Meet your annual CPD requirements with the AJP’s diverse range of free CPD activities The AJP is continuing to provide pharmacists with a range of high-quality CPD activities across its …
Vale Bruce Robertson
Guild mourns the loss of “a dear friend and mentor” following the sudden death of Wangaratta pharmacy owner, Bruce Robertson Motor enthusiast and Pharmacy Guild of Australia Honorary Life Member, Bruce …
Antibiotics shortage warning
The NSW department of health has written to GPS warning them of a shortage in antibiotics “Azithromycin and clarithromycin oral liquids may be in short supply due to the current …
PSA names Faye McMillan Conference Grant recipients
Grant to help three Indigenous pharmacists attend PSA24 in Sydney The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA’s) Faye McMillan Conference Grant will enable First Nations pharmacists to attend the Society’s conference …
Teen robs pharmacies wielding hammer, box cutter
A boy who robbed two pharmacies in two days has escaped conviction The Supreme Court of Tasmania has heard the case of a 15-year-old boy identified only as HJR, who …
TGA takes RAT action
Federal Court proceedings have been initiated over the alleged importation and supply of unapproved Covid-19 RATs Queensland-based company, Key Promotional Products Pty Ltd (KPP) and the husband of the firm’s …
World news wrapup: 20 June 2024
Baby in palliative care dies after morphine overdose dispensed by pharmacy; British pharmacists call for workforce investment; Armed pharmacy bandits get five-year jail sentences London, England: Chemist+Druggist has reported on …
GP appointed as rural health commissioner
Professor Jenny May AM has been named as the incoming National Rural Health Commissioner Rural GP, May will assume the position on 2 September 2024 for an initial 20-month term, …
Treasurer seeks pharmacy savings
It’s 1984 and relations between the community pharmacy sector and the Labor government are somewhat less than cordial The Labor party appeared to be set on driving pharmacists onto the …
Suspended sentence for Therapeutic Goods Act breaches
Business owner handed a two-year suspended sentence for his role in the unlawful manufacture, supply and export of performance and image-enhancing drugs Businessman, Ryan Gregory McTeigue, has avoided time behind …
Suspended Supercar enthusiast mortgages home at 36% interest
A suspended Sydney pharmacist has mortgaged his home at a rate of 36% per annum, while a Supercars website run by his wife has disappeared from the internet The Australian …
Poll: Is the 8CPA a good deal for community pharmacy?
Pharmacies are set to share in the 8CPA’s $26.5 billion funding pool over the next five years, but is the deal enough to secure the viability of the sector? The …