Working for cheaper medicines and better access
Minister asks for pharmacists to consider the health benefits of a yes vote for the Voice to Parliament and to contribute to the workforce review process, while he welcomes 8CPA …
A ‘landmark’ program launches
New accreditation and recognition program will ‘transform pharmacy practice’ says hospital pharmacy leader The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has announced what it describes as a “landmark recognition …
A virtual success
Australian pharmacy school wins international award for a virtual pharmacy platform Monash University has won the International Pharmacy Federation’s (FIP’s) 2023 Pharmaceutical Education Organisational Award for its development of “MyDispense”, …
Immune health: the impact of Covid
Covid seems to have had long-term impacts on the immune system of many sufferers. Evidence is gradually emerging on how and why this may be happening What are the links …
Keeping up with the script
E-prescriptions have provided many benefits but some problems remain, pharmacists say The transition from paper to electronic prescriptions has been met with a mixed response overall from primary care health …
‘Big-box pharmacy chains’ the 60-day winners
Independent pharmacy job losses set to rise, Coalition Senator says, as Labor accuses the previous government of ‘bending over’ to Guild pressure The federal opposition continued to wage war on …
The search for security
The continuing digitisation of most aspects of pharmacy is leading to exponential growth in the risk of cyber attacks and data breaches. What can pharmacies do? Chris Brooker investigates While …
Support for new S3 listing
Pharmacy Guild and other groups voice support for a new Schedule 3 listing for celecoxib The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and other peak health stakeholder groups have supported a decision …
Overcoming the language barrier
Community pharmacies need to do more to break down barriers for linguistically and culturally diverse patients, say academics Communication remains the greatest challenge for patients from culturally and linguistically diverse …
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The top ten
The 60-day dispensing saga continues to dominate the pharmacy agenda. Let’s look at our best read stories over the last 30 days These were the ten most read stories on …
Wanting to tear up
New research has revealed the level to which workload and workstyle is affecting pharmacists’ capacity to follow their own advice when it comes to dry eye Eye health, and the …