Headlines
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Review contracts yearly
Monday | Sep 23 2019PHARMACY owners are being urged to review employees' contracts annually to ensure they are up to date in the event of an employee taking legal action against them.
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Records tumble in Sydney
Friday | Sep 20 2019MORE than 1,500 Blackmores employees, family members and friends took part in a recordbreaking edition of.
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Opioid-harm on the rise
Friday | Sep 20 2019PRESCRIPTION medications including codeine, oxycodone and tramadol, are fuelling a surge in hospitalisations linked to opioid-related harm, new research reveals.
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Qld to get RTPM in 2020
Thursday | Sep 19 2019REAL-TIME prescription monitoring (RTPM) will be introduced in Queensland in the second half of next year, the State's Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Steven Miles, says.
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Cost barrier to cannabis
Thursday | Sep 19 2019QUEENSLAND One Nation Senator, Malcolm Roberts, stirred the medicinal cannabis debate in parliament this week claiming the Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, is playing a "pharmaceutical game" with the medicine.
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Misterhood raises $1.3m
Thursday | Sep 19 2019PRICELINE Pharmacy's Misterhood for the Sisterhood fundraising campaign has raised close to $1.3 million for five charities.
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Ownership rules appear antiquated
Wednesday | Sep 18 2019INVESTMENT advisory firm, KordaMentha, believes the growth of pharmacy banner groups and franchises is making "the current restrictions on ownership and location appear increasingly antiquated".
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Don’t waste FWC’s time
Wednesday | Sep 18 2019A PHARMACIST who lodged an unfair dismissal claim against her employer has been chastised for wasting the Fair Work Commission's time, by failing to prosecute the case appropriately.
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Tassie discounter robbed
Wednesday | Sep 18 2019A WOMAN armed with a syringe threatened staff during an armed robbery in a Hobart pharmacy on Sat afternoon.
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Ownership has its pitfalls: Lawyers
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019WOULD-BE pharmacy owners are being encouraged to do due diligence before signing a partnership agreement to buy a stake in a pharmacy.