Headlines
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Health Care Homes Trial concluding
Thursday | May 13 2021THE Federal Government has confirmed the Community Pharmacy in Health Care Homes Trial will end on 30 Jun.
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Approval pending but money is there
Wednesday | May 12 2021AUSTRALIA'S "network of world class pharmacies" is yet to get approval from the Department of Health to join the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, but $35.8 million has been allocated for a "temporary community pharmacy program" in the 2021/22 Budget.
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Budget lays foundations for reform
Wednesday | May 12 2021LAST night's Federal Budget lays the foundations required to rebuild Australia's aged care sector, but more need to be done to boost medicines safety, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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Jailed for sexual assault
Wednesday | May 12 2021DISGRACED pharmacist, Hany Samir Ibrahim, will spend up to two years behind bars after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old patient in a consulting room at a pharmacy in Mascot, NSW on 01 Jul 2019.
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SA to retain COVID pharmacist laws
Tuesday | May 11 2021PLANS to rollback the South Australian Government's COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, will exclude legislation imposing stricter punishments for people who threaten or abuse pharmacy workers.
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No fear of pharmacist prescribers
Tuesday | May 11 2021CONCERNS about pharmacists' capacity to become independent prescribers may be misplaced, the authors of a British study believe.
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Guild sees pros and cons of vaping
Tuesday | May 11 2021MEASURES making nicotine electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) Prescription Only products available exclusively through pharmacies from 01 Oct, recognise the public health concerns associated with vaping, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Smirk best in the West
Tuesday | May 11 2021PERTH-BASED Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Clinical Advisor Pharmacy, Richard Smirk, has been named the Pharmceutical Society of Australia's (PSA's) Western Australia Branch Pharmacist of the Year (PotY).
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Pharmacists key to boosting POP use
Monday | May 10 2021EMPOWERING pharmacists to dispense a three-month supply of a progestogen-only pill (POP) to women when they present seeking emergency contraception (EC), can help reduce unintended pregnancies, research reveals.
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Be alert for fraudsters
Monday | May 10 2021PHARMACIST indemnity insurance provider, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL), is warning pharmacists to be on the lookout for prescription fraudsters.