professional services
Pharmacy scope of practice needs to change
Pharmacy needs to reconsider ‘cheesy’ non-evidence-based services, stop letting pharmacists hide out the back and stop trying to out-Wool Woolworths, experts say. The sector needs to move from supply of …
The future lies in professional services: Lance Emerson
Pharmacy’s future lies in the delivery of professional services as it moves away from the purely supply function, delegates at the Friendlies’ Conference were told. “I don’t think I would …
Pharmacies help reduce unnecessary hospitalisations
A report published in the Medical Journal of Australia today confirms the potential for community pharmacies to make a significant contribution to reducing the cost of unnecessary hospitalisations, says the …
Medication Management Reviews Stage 1 goes fully online
Pharmacists wanting to take the first step towards gaining accreditation for the delivery of Medication Management Reviews as an accredited pharmacist now have the opportunity to pursue this career path …
Discount Drug Stores holds breast health clinics
Discount Drug Stores is urging Australians to become educated on their breast health by launching its first Spotlight On Breast Health Clinics throughout 115 stores across Australia in August and …
Primary health care reform needed now: Quilty
There is an ongoing need for genuine primary health care reform, and the Guild is actively playing a part in the national debate about the direction that reform needs to …
Do pharmacists work in silos?
Excluding pharmacists when their patients are hospitalised or enter other treatment settings causes nothing but trouble, writes Karalyn Huxhagen I recently attended the SHPA Summit in Melbourne and presented in …
It’s an exciting time to be in pharmacy: Amy Page
It’s an exciting time to be in pharmacy, says PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year 2015 Amy Page—and the profession now has the numbers to expand where it practices and …
Embrace professional services: Camden pharmacist
Forward pharmacy needs to be formally recognised in university pharmacy schools, and pharmacists given the tools to embrace professional services and counselling fully, says Bobby Afshari, owner of Blooms the …
Three-quarters of Aussies want greater role for pharmacists
Most Australians would like to see pharmacists have a greater role in patient care in the community, a survey by the Consumers Health Forum has found. In a finding that …
Commence pharmacy trial program now: Demarte
PSA national president Joe Demarte has urged Health Minister Sussan Ley to commence the pharmacy trial program as a matter of urgency, at the PSA15 conference today. “These include minor …
‘We support pharmacists to be pharmacists,’ says AMA
GPs remain concerned about the expanding role of pharmacists and what they might be paid to do in the future, AMA president Associate Professor Brian Owler in an address to …