Megan Haggan

A look at what's up with doctors, some Sigma-Chemist Warehouse news and trouble at the RUM program all made headlines this week Pharmacy Guild national executive director Gerard Benedet called for peace between doctors and pharmacists, citing “fearmongering” by doctor stakeholders. President Trent Twomey lauded the greenlighting of a doctor title for graduates of extended

Pharmacists are being warned not to dispense on suspected forged electronic scripts which are being presented around the country Health authorities in both NSW and Tasmania have warned pharmacists to ...

Blooms The Chemist and Pharmacycle have now recycled more than 10 million blister packs from across its pharmacy network, the two announce Since Blooms The Chemist rolled out in-store blister pack collection boxes across its entire pharmacy network in November 2022, more than 15,000kg of aluminium and plastic have been recovered from recycled blister packs,

Methotrexate packing errors continue to come to the attention of the Pharmacy Board, it warns The Pharmacy Board has published a new case study, highlighted in its December newsletter, which concerns an error about methotrexate. “It was alleged that a pharmacist made an error when checking a dose administration aid containing methotrexate, resulting in the

A nurse was so afraid of a pharmacist colleague’s actions that she moved away from the area where she lived and worked, a court has heard The ABC has reported on the case of a pharmacist who has pleaded guilty to pursuing another to intimidate between March 21 and March 23, 2024. The pharmacist has

Vanuatu pharmacy “devastated by damage and not able to function;” second UAE store for CWH; polio survivor loses pharmacy unfair dismissal case Port Vila, Vanuatu: The chief pharmacist at Vanuatu’s only seven-day, seven-night pharmacy has launched a GoFundMe campaign following the deadly December 17 earthquake. Nibhay Nand, chief pharmacist at the Tana Plaza Pharmacy in

A pharmacy came under scrutiny for its dirty methadone pump, clutter, leaks and water damage – and the use of buckets to catch stray water And inspectors were “appalled” by the mess in the pharmacy, the Victorian Pharmacy Authority says. In its latest circular, the Authority has outlined a case where a pharmacy failed to

What is the VPA looking for when it conducts pharmacy inspections? In its latest circular, the Victorian Pharmacy Authority outlines the panel hearings that have taken place recently, setting out examples of common non-compliances. Over the 2023-24 financial year, the VPA conducted 27 panel hearings into allegations that licensees failed to meet their responsibilities to

With a job market that currently favours employees, how did one hospital pharmacy department work on retaining its staff? Flexibility has proven to be a key to success for a regional hospital department, according to a poster presented at Advanced Pharmacy Australia’s (AdPha) Medicines Management 2024 conference in Adelaide. The authors, Kate Laverick, Jessica Hagan

How can an intervention to boost workplace joy and morale benefit pharmacists? Researchers from the pharmacy department at Monash Health in Melbourne presented a poster at the recent Advanced Pharmacy ...