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Pharmacy Daily - Weekly Comment As a locum you are working across so many different pharmacies, so we have put together a few tips on ensuring you can be the best possible locum: Making a good first impression is very important. If the pharmacy has a dress code, make sure to follow it. Even though your locum role is a casual commitment, make sur...

1. Where/when did you graduate? 2007 University of Sydney 2. What has been your career journey so far? It’s been great. Intern year at a compounding pharmacy in Sydney CBD. Wanted a leadership role at a time of "pharmacist oversupply" - which is really a maldistribution so went rural. Pharmacist in Charge of a pharmacy in Orange NSW which grew s...

The Department of Health has announced a CSO review that will look at exclusive supply arrangements, among other things The review into the Community Service Obligation (CSO) for pharmaceutical wholesalers, which was introduced with the 4CPA in July 2006, will look into whether the CSO Funding Pool obligations continue to be appropriate. Accordi...

The pharmacy award minimum pay rate has seen a 3.5% increase as per a national wage case decision handed down by the Fair Work Commission. Effective from 1st July, the national minimum wage is $18.93 per hour, equating to a weekly figure of $719.20. In addition, rates under the Pharmacy Award have been increased due to the ruling, with the weekl...

NSW pharmacy leaders have slammed their state’s chief pharmacist over reports no strategy has yet been implemented for real-time prescription monitoring In a statement provided to AJP, NSW PSA President Peter Carroll and NSW Pharmacy Guild President David Heffernan have called on the state’s Health Minister Brad Hazzard and Chief Pharmacist Judi...

1. Where/when did you graduate? University of Sydney, 2011 2. What has been your career journey so far? In June 2011 I relocated from Sydney to Dubbo in country NSW after accepting an intern position in a busy community. I went to Dubbo with the intention of staying for one year, but ended up staying for five, working my way from intern pharmaci...

The team of AJP filmed 48 videos during a hectic three days of the APP2018 conference. Here were the most popular videos among readers: 1. The Wanni White Coats perform - Songburst from the Wanni White Coats at APP2018 2. Helping couples get fertility fit 3. APP Daily Dose: Day 1 - AJP host Miranda Deakin APP2018 4. APP Daily Dose: Day 2 5. Prof...

Government needs to spell out the detail around Budget e-script announcement, Guild says Pharmacy stakeholders are as yet unaware of concrete plans to help the sector be ready for the government’s October 2019 deadline for electronic prescribing. Last week’s Federal Budget announced $28.2 million was to be dedicated over five years from 2017-18 ...

1. Where/when did you graduate? QUT 2015 2. What has been your career journey so far? Community pharmacist, intern at Terry White Chemists Brookside & now Pharmacist Manager at Priceline Pharmacy Hervey Bay 3. What more do you want to achieve in the future? Hard to say so early in my career. I would like to be successful in community pharmacy, p...

Guild labelled ‘a disgrace’ as pharmacist award wages case submissions close Both sides of the pharmacy award wages case now await the arbiters final decision as submissions to the Fair Work Commission hearing closed recently. Pharmacists’ union Professional Pharmacists Australia says it “concluded its’ case to raise employee pharmacists pay in ...