Transforming pharmacy
SHPA President Tom Simpson talks about the organisation’s new Transformation agenda for pharmacy This week SHPA released Transformation 2024, a ‘growth agenda over the next twelve months to expand the …
Tightening the screws
TGA says it will clamp down on vapes, medicinal cannabis and the wellness industry over the next 12 months The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has published its import, advertising and supply …
Looking at harm minimisation
Naloxone, hazardous use of alcohol and treatment inequity: part two of our expert discussion of the latest in harm minimisation Why is the naloxone program not seeing wider take-up? Should …
July MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, new indications, safety related changes and more New Products Finerenone (Kerendia) is a nonsteroidal antagonist …
Top 10: Dispensing dominates agenda
Double dispensing dominates our list of the top ten best read stories over the the previous month Eight of the ten most read stories on our website over the previous …
Overstepping the boundaries
Notifications of health practitioner boundary violations have jumped by almost 50% in two years, Ahpra says There has been a “sustained jump” in the reporting of boundary violations by healthcare …
Keeping up with the business
We reveal the 10 most read columns from our business experts so far this year While 60 day dispensing again features prominently in one of our half yearly top story …
Hospital concerns met
SHPA welcomes support for post-discharge medicine supply and the successful trial of a new liquid opioid management system A major New South Wales government announcement meets long-standing requests for post-discharge …
Looking at harm minimisation
Methadone, buprenorphine, drug testing, naloxone and more: we discuss the latest views and opinions with a panel of experts Why is the naloxone program not seeing wider take-up? Should pharmacists …
Week in review
Claims government is ‘front loading’ 60-day dispensing, as Ministers prepare to front a pharmacy conference, while complaints grow over the new methadone scheme Debate continued to rage during the week …
Listen here: our top 10 podcasts
A mix of topics feature in our top 10 podcasts for the first half of 2023 These were the ten most opened podcasts for the first six months of 2023 …
What women want
Australian women are increasingly seeing the benefits in having direct access to oral contraceptives through community pharmacy, researchers say A detailed series of interviews with 20 women aged between 18 …