Headlines
-
Student identity struggle
Friday | Mar 29 2019PHARMACY schools should implement strategies that help students integrate into the profession, researchers believe.
-
Guild, government at war
Thursday | Mar 28 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has taken out full page newspaper advertisements today in an attempt to counter sweeping changes which were expected to be unveiled in next week's Federal Budget.
-
VPA warns of S8 deficiencies
Thursday | Mar 28 2019THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority (VPA) has highlighted concerns about ongoing "serious deficiencies in the recording and storage of Schedule 8 (S8) poisons," which continue to be regularly uncovered during its inspections.
-
Vic pharmacist suspended
Wednesday | Mar 27 2019A PHARMACY owner has been barred from practising for six months because of his failure to notify authorities about potentially fraudulent prescriptions.
-
Don’t jeopardise the PBS
Wednesday | Mar 27 2019PHARMACY Guild of Australia National President George Tambassis is warning politicians not to meddle with the finely tuned Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system "in a way that could bring it crashing down".
-
Pharmacist salaries rising
Tuesday | Mar 26 2019THE gradual decline in rates of pay for community pharmacists is "finally reversing," according to a new report from Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA).
-
Registrations rise: Board
Tuesday | Mar 26 2019PHARMACIST registrations are continuing on an upward trajectory, despite the Pharmacy Board of Australia's data showing a decline in the number of pharmacists under 30 years of age.
-
Tough times at Chemist Warehouse?
Tuesday | Mar 26 2019CONFLICTING reports are circulating over the impact strike action at three Chemist Warehouse distribution centres is having on the company's pharmacy network.
-
Pharmacists back S4 codeine
Monday | Mar 25 2019MOST pharmacists believe last year's controversial decision to up-schedule codeine-based analgesics to prescription only will benefit patients, new research reveals.
-
MedAdvisor US expansion
Monday | Mar 25 2019AUSTRALIAN-LISTED digital medicines management company MedAdvisor has announced a new partnership with Adheris Health, a US patient adherence and engagement company, to accelerate its roll-out to the US market (PD breaking news Fri).