Labelling problems revealed by study
Incidence of incorrect labelling on dose administration aids a ‘common bugbear’ for hospital staff A recent Australian study has revealed a high prevalence of incidents relating to the labels on …
Events update
What’s coming up on the pharmacy events calendar? Going offshore The 48th PSA Offshore Conference is to be held in Madrid and San Sebastian in Spain from the 7th to …
Reaching out to the community
A community pharmacist demonstrates the importance of reaching out to the local community The AJP was recently invited by western Sydney pharmacy owner Curtis Ruhnau to see one of his …
Keeping up with the news
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The top ten
What were our readers looking at over the previous month? These were the ten most clicked stories on our website from 10 July-11 August: Health and disability are not mutually …
Looking at deprescribing
As part of its Deprescribing Action Week, SHPA will be running a webinar on Wednesday 16 August The MedsAware webinar will provide an overview of deprescribing, including reference to deprescribing …
Getting MedsAware
Raising awareness on deprescribing as SHPA launches MedsAware Week, featuring a webinar Next week is #MedsAware 2023, SHPA’s Deprescribing Action Week raising awareness around polypharmacy and deprescribing. SHPA President Tom …
Finding Pharmacy’s Heroes
We’re endeavouring to identify the leading heroes of pharmacy in 2023 and we’re inviting you to make your nominations During Covid and other recent natural disasters and, most recently, throughout …
Fighting ‘draconian proposals’
Politicians turn out in NSW to declare their support for community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild of NSW welcomed a stellar cast of the state’s political and bureaucratic health leaders to …
The week in review
As the countdown nears to the 1 September D-Day, attention in pharmacy continues to centre around 60-day dispensing The week began with Opposition Health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston warning again …
Criminal standard under review
Regulator calls for public consultation on criminal history standard for registered health practitioners Australia’s health practitioner regulator is inviting the public to contribute towards its review of the national standard …
Steering an uncharted course for pharmacy
Lisa Nguyen stepped into uncharted territory when she founded Australia’s first cannabis-specialised dispensary. She talks about what drew her to specialise in this area, and the hot topics It’s one …