Headlines
-
WA pollies urged to back pharmacy
Friday | Dec 4 2020CANDIDATES running in next year's Western Australian State elections are being urged to support a push for community pharmacy to play a greater role in the delivery of primary care.
-
No need to rush COVAX approval
Thursday | Dec 3 2020AUSTRALIAN regulators should "hold the line [and] wait for robust data" before approving COVID-19 vaccines, former Pharmaceutical Society of Australia National President, Shane Jackson, believes.
-
Be alert but not alarmed PDL warns
Thursday | Dec 3 2020PHARMACISTS are being urged to slow down and "scan everything" to reduce the risk of dispensing errors.
-
South Australia joins e-script rollout
Thursday | Dec 3 2020PHARMACIES across South Australia are now able to dispense electronic prescriptions as the rollout of the new technology continues, with patients across Victoria, the ACT and metropolitan Sydney already having access to paperless scripts.
-
ATO audits unveil super payroll pain
Wednesday | Dec 2 2020PHARMACY owners are being warned to review their payroll operations after audits by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have uncovered superannuation guarantee (SG) compliance failures among businesses using a firm once linked to a major wholesale group.
-
Clarity needed on ‘expanded practice’
Wednesday | Dec 2 2020UNCERTAINTY about what constitutes an expanded pharmacy service, amongst pharmacists in rural and remote parts of Australia highlights "an urgent need for the pharmacy profession to develop clarity.
-
Asthma device and app to boost care
Wednesday | Dec 2 2020E-HEALTH technology developer, Respiri, has launched a device and app, called wheezo, to help asthma sufferers to self-manage their condition more effectively.
-
Tech must not disrupt pharmacy: FIP
Tuesday | Dec 1 2020PHARMACISTS should play a central role in developing digital health technologies and services to ensure they do not dilute the quality of pharmacy care, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) believes.
-
Time is right for Vic Chief Pharmacist
Tuesday | Dec 1 2020PLANS to demerge Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services could provide the ideal opportunity for the State Government to appoint a Chief Pharmacist, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone believes.
-
Mo-grow no more
Tuesday | Dec 1 2020AFTER a year of stresses and strains, pharmacists across Australia probably did not need to have their social media feeds bombarded with mo-growing updates from Pharmacy Daily Editor, Nick O'Donoghue, and Australian Journal of Pharmacy (AJP) Editor, Chris Brooker, throughout Nov.