Headlines
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Continued Dispensing urgent
Thursday | Oct 20 2022THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has called on the Federal Government to reinstate full continued dispensing arrangements (PD breaking news) as widespread flooding continues to impact people in NSW, Vic and Tas.
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PA concerned over COVID pay cuts
Wednesday | Oct 19 2022MOVES to end COVID-19-related public health orders and income support will adversely impact pharmacy staff and the broader community, the Professionals Australia (PA) union believes.
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ConPharm set to continue with PSA
Wednesday | Oct 19 2022ACCREDITED pharmacists' annual conference, ConPharm, will go ahead in 2023, under the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
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Hands off community pharmacists
Wednesday | Oct 19 2022BRITISH Health Minister, Will Quince, is being urged to halt the recruitment of pharmacists to work in general practice settings, to ensure community pharmacies retain adequate staffing levels.
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Vic floods hitting pharmacy services
Tuesday | Oct 18 2022PHARMACISTS operating in flood-affected parts of Victoria are seeing a surge in requests for medications to be provided under continued dispensing measures.
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SA to fund pharmacist JEV vaccines
Tuesday | Oct 18 2022PHARMACISTS in South Australia will soon be authorised to administer Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) vaccines to patients aged five years and older, who travel to, live or work along the Murray River.
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Capital Chemist’s NMS
Tuesday | Oct 18 2022CAPITAL Chemist Group is aiming to boost medication adherence with its new medicine service (NMS).
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Pharmacist prescribing now critical
Monday | Oct 17 2022PHARMACISTS across Australia should be empowered to prescribe medications to ensure patients retain access to primary care services, as the country grapples with a shortage of GPs, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Western Australian Branch President, Andrew Ngeow, believes.
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Pay rates rising in race for top talent
Monday | Oct 17 2022SKILLS shortages are driving pharmacists' pay rates up, as pharmacy owners compete to attract available talent, Raven's Recruitment's The Pharmacy Salary and Market Report 2022 reveals.
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Qld PotY Award for ‘Lucky’ Zeniou
Monday | Oct 17 2022INSTITUTE for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) Senior Pharmacist, Laris 'Lucky' Zeniou, has taken the 2022 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's (PSA's) Queensland Pharmacist of the Year (PotY) Award.