Megan Haggan

GP group claims that the Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist program could “corporatise” aged care President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Dr Nicole Higgins has warned that the long-awaited program, which began on 1 July 2024, will exclude GPs and fragment care. “They’re trying to ensure that everybody in aged care has access

A pharmacist had consumed a cocktail of drugs, including tramadol and methadone, when police caught him in a McDonalds drive-through At a hearing before the Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW, the Health Care Complaints Commission asserted that the pharmacist had been convicted of criminal offences. In August 2022, the pharmacist was convicted for driving a

US pharmacists report record burnout; heritage Irish pharmacy shopfront to become museum; what pharmacy has in common with powerlifting Cranbury, New Jersey: US pharmacy publication Pharmacy Times has conducted a survey looking at mental health – and found that mental health issues have “skyrocketed” recently. As part of its 2024 Burnout and Mental Health Survey,

Pharmacists should get more data and support to improve vaccination rates, particularly for older patients, a new report states A new report, “Patchy protection: How to boost GP’s patient vaccination rates” by the Grattan Institute has looked at the fact that some GPs in Australia have much lower patient vaccination rates than others – and

It’s July 1914, and the subject of the day is opium – its restriction to therapeutic use, and that of other narcotics “An important new order has been made by the Federal Customs Department in regard to the sale and distribution of opium,” reported the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy in our July 1914 edition. “Retail

“If it were not for the careful scrutiny a pharmacist applied to one of the scripts, the offending might well have continued,” a tribunal has said A nurse who wanted “a break” stole prescription pages, forged scripts and gave some of the medicines to family members she was caring for, taking others herself, a tribunal has

The controversy continues over S3 vapes, while shortages, vaccinations and elections also made the news Health minister Mark Butler told 3AW's Heidi Murphy that it would be up to individual pharmacies to sell S3 vapes - or not. Veteran drug reform campaigner Dr Alex Wodak told the AJP about his reservations about the scheme, and

A pharmacist was one of three people who made a notification about a doctor who has now had his registration cancelled The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement about the general practitioner, who faced the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal over allegations of professional misconduct. He had misled colleagues, breached his registration conditions,

Researchers have examined the gender balance in Australian pharmacy organisations – noting that to date there has been a “notable lack of female representation in these organisations’ leadership roles” This has led to “an increased focus on gender balance and equity,” they write in Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. Thao Linh Pham, Gregory

In eight Western Australian aged care homes, only one in 10 residents have been vaccinated for Covid in the past year, expert warns A new report by the Grattan Institute has shown that many older Australians are not being vaccinated against preventable diseases including Covid, shingles, pneumococcal disease and flu. “Vaccination coverage is particularly low