Lower PBS Safety Net thresholds: what you need to know
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net thresholds will be reduced from 1 July. Here’s what pharmacists need to know.
The end of digital image prescriptions: six things to know
Digital image prescriptions will end on 31 March. Here are the top things pharmacists need to know.
Are you prepared for 60-day dispensing?
As DD day inches closer, pharmacists can expect to start receiving new scripts with 60-day’s supply of medicines from 1 September 2023.
Emergency contraception: forget the checklist
Pharmacists should act as patient champions when it comes to accessing emergency contraception – and that means getting rid of the checklist.
Cautionary advisory labels
Scenario
A 70-year-old male patient is being discharged from hospital today and you note that swallowing difficulties are detailed in his case history. The dispensing...
Meet Depinder Chhibber, MasterChef’s pharmacist contestant
While Depinder Chhibber MPS explores her passion for cooking on the current season of MasterChef, she remains a pharmacist at heart.
