‘Real change in healthcare takes time’
An AJP poll shows that there are still significant barriers to pharmacist prescribing services – but it’s still early days, says an industry leader In late 2025, the AJP asked …
The price of choosing altruism… or not
An award-winning consultant pharmacist highlights the “uncomfortable truth” of choosing to put her patients first “This week in the Mallee has been tough,” former Consultant Pharmacist of the Year Brooke …
AdPha talks resilient supply chains
Medicine shortages are felt every day on hospital wards, leading pharmacist says in presentation to summit At February 2026’s Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association Summit: No Patient Left Waiting, Ending …
Fewer hoops to jump through in Tasmania: Guild
Tasmanian pharmacists will be able to dispense most prescriptions issued by interstate practitioners from later this month Minister for health, mental health and wellbeing Bridget Archer says that the change …
Cut the HMR cap, lift ACOP pay: AdPha
Why did one major ACOP service provider report attrition of approximately 18% of pharmacists within a six-month period? Pharmacists are calling on the federal government to remove the cap on …
World news wrapup: 5 February 2026
Year-long scripts raise concerns across the Tasman; nurses and pharmacy workers go on strike in the US; can OTC purchases indicate cancer? New Zealand: New Zealand has introduced its new …
GPs lash out at Vic move to help ADHD patients
Following this week’s announcement that GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD, the Victorian government is to offer an option for those needing urgent scripts State premier Jacinta …
‘Put oxycodone in the bag or I’ll stab you’
A young pharmacy worker was likely to have been traumatised by an offender wielding a steak knife, a judge says Claire Alexandra Reid has been handed a jail sentence at …
Can pharmacists reduce the vaccination downturn?
Are you vaccinating in community pharmacy? This researcher wants to hear from you A new study hopes to engage as many Australian vaccinating pharmacists as possible, to help inform decisions …
Victoria makes ‘life-changing’ ADHD move
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has announced that following a consultation process, GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD in both children and adults The move has been welcomed …
‘It feels like profiting from death’
More than a quarter of Australian voluntary assisted dying (VAD) practitioners have provided unpaid care, new data shows – and now this workforce is calling for reform The 2025 VADANZ …
Cancelled pharmacist ‘acted out of desperation and shame’: tribunal
A pharmacist deliberately submitted synthetic urine to fulfil testing requirements related to his alcohol use disorder, a tribunal has heard The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the …