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COVID, bushfire ‘double whammy’ Today’s issue of PD
Pharmacy Daily today
WESTERN Australian pharmacies crises, noting that some lived in features four pages of news,
are facing a “double whammy” fire-affected areas. plus a front cover page from
of crises as bushfires and fresh Meanwhile, Wizard Pharmacy
VaccineConnect.
COVID-19 restrictions spark panic- Professional Services Manager,
buying. Jeanette Drury, told Pharmacy
Pharmacy Guild of Australia Daily that the group’s stores were
WA Branch President, Andrew taking steps to tackle panic buying. COVAX booking
Ngeow, told Pharmacy Daily that “With the WA Government’s WITH COVID-19 vaccinations
pharmacies across the state saw announcement on Sun, we saw (COVAX) set to roll out in the
patient numbers in-store surge increased panic buying, especially coming weeks, having an
as Premier, Mark McGowan, of masks,” she said. efficient and effective booking
announced a five-day lockdown of “Our pharmacies have all been system in place will be crucial to
the Perth Metropolitan, Peel and very focused on maintaining stock delivering successful services.
South West regions, following the levels to satisfy demand as best as 1st Group’s VaccineConnect
detection of a COVID-19 case linked possible, impacting our suppliers offers a solution that has
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Ngeow said pharmacies in “We have implemented quantity and health-related needs of their
the Australian Immunisation
Perth saw a rush for face masks restrictions on some essentials to local communities.
Register (AIR), Medicare and
“as the Premier was making the ensure safe and fair distribution for Drury noted that the bushfires
more than 50 widely used
announcement”, noting the State all over this period, which we hope were fueling concerns about
practice management systems.
was being hit with a “double puts our customers at ease during air quality, but suggested the
To find out how Vaccine
whammy of bushfires and COVID”. this difficult time.” “lockdown mandate keeping people
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With more than 70 homes Drury said Wizard Pharmacy in their homes should actually help
pharmacy manage, monitor
destroyed by the fires, Ngeow teams had moved “quickly and people with respiratory conditions
and administer vaccinations see
praised the efforts of pharmacy effectively” to implement the as they will be less exposed to air
today’s front page.
workers in the face of the twin mandatory mask rulings, while pollution”.
CHF calls for mental health funding APC’s Colloquium online and in person
THE Consumers’ Health Forum Schedule (MBS) to expand THE Australian Pharmacy “We’ve carefully considered
(CHF) is calling on the Federal access to psychological therapy Council’s (APC) Colloquium is this decision.
Government to increase funding and psychiatric treatment by set to go ahead on 06 May in “There are comparable costs
for mental health and suicide telehealth; ensure that care Canberra, with delegates having to hosting both face-to-face and
prevention services in line with coordination programs are the option to log-in online or online components.
the Productivity Commission’s available to meet local needs; attend the event in person. “We are confident you will have
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In its pre-Budget Submission, workers and develop a program general registration, and $50 for Delegates will be eligible to
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should be provided to implement about the role and value of “There will be no price at the QT Hotel, with a discount
digital mental health services; peer workers in improving difference between face-to- code to be made available upon
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Time for face-to-
face rehab
Bipartisan support for substitution
LEGISLATION aimed at boosting
HOSPITALS are being urged pharmacists’ abilities to substitute
to prioritise the resumption prescribed medications is gaining
of face-to-face rehabilitation support from both sides of politics.
programs for heart attack Australian Labor Party Deputy
survivors. Manager of Opposition Business,
The call was made after Mark Butler, voiced support for the
a Heart Foundation survey Therapeutic Goods Amendment
revealed that just 14% of (2020 Measures No 2) Bill 2020,
patients recovering from during yesterday’s sitting at the
a heart attack who were House of Representatives.
undergoing rehabilitation using “Members of this House will have
telehealth services completed heard story after story, for some
their program, while 73% years before COVID, of medicine
of those who had attended shortages in Australia,” he said. “They won’t have carte blanche to is not available, and the prescribing
in-person services in the past “Under the existing legislative do this under this legislation. doctor is not available to issue a
six months had finished their regime, pharmacists are able to “The Secretary of the Department new prescription.
scheduled rehab. substitute a different brand of the [of Health] will have the ability “So there are circumstances
Heart Foundation General same medicine when the brand to prescribe a particular type of where this is important for quality
Manager of Heart Health, that has been prescribed by the medicine that can be substituted— of care.”
Bill Staveski, said that while prescribing doctor is not available it’s not carte blanche; it will be a Butler noted that members of
telehealth services had been or is in short supply. particular type—and pharmacists the “medical community” had
beneficial during the COVID “This bill will allow pharmacists will be able to do that. expressed concerns over the
crisis, as restrictions ease face- to supply not only a different brand “This is important when a patient legislation, but added that “in
to-face rehabilitation should of the same medicine or the same needs a particular therapy and their current form, we think these
be the standard form of care therapy but a different therapy that brand’s not available, and a provisions are worthy of support,
for patients. altogether. different brand of the same therapy and we will be supporting them.”
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Handyside picks up UQ scholarship TWC COVAX
training events
PHARMACY PhD student,
Louisa Handyside, is set to focus TERRYWHITE Chemmart
on instilling a culture of research (TWC) is set to host a virtual
in community pharmacy, after vaccination event next week
being named as the 2021 Alan as the profession prepares to
Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship support the rollout of COVID-19
recipient. vaccination (COVAX) services.
Pharmaceutical Society of The group will also conduct
Australia National President, face-to-face training events
Associate Professor Chris Freeman, in Mar and Apr, to ensure the
and UQ Faculty of Health and network’s 1,500 pharmacists
Behavioural Sciences Director are equipped with the latest
of Interprofessional Education, information to support their
Associate Professor Neil Cottrell, communities.
are set to act as advisors. TWC Chief Pharmacist,
pharmacy - opening the door to get involved, learn more
Handyside said she “caught the Brenton Hart, said the group
to new insights and continual about research and develop
bug for research” while she was was providing support to
improvements in pharmacy supportive relationships with other
completing an extended research its pharmacy owners with
practice, medicines use and patient pharmacists and academics.
project as part of a Masters of the Federal Government’s
care. “Ultimately, I’ll be exploring
Pharmaceutical Public Health at expressions of interest form.
“My PhD will explore how we can how to support pharmacists to
James Cook University. Hart added that TWC
enable primary care pharmacists find answers to the most pressing
“This scholarship will give me the has been working on an
to be involved with high quality medication-related research
opportunity to build my research educational campaign to help
research that makes a real questions in their community.”
skills and explore ideas with other address vaccine hesitancy
difference. Handyside added that the
inspiring pharmacists,” she said. amongst the community in the
“I’ll investigate how pharmacists scholarship would ease the burden
“I hope to take steps to instil a build up to the rollout of the
can contribute ideas for research of financial concerns while she
culture of research in community COVAX program.
projects, invite their community completes her PhD.
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Dispensary Cannatrek signs CWH partnership
Corner MEDICINAL cannabis company,
Cannatrek Ltd, is set to develop
Administration (TGA) down-
scheduled low-dose medicinal
and bring new products to market, cannabis products to Pharmacist-
BREAST cancer is a serious including low-dose cannabidiol Only - however to date no
disease, so you have to admire (CBD) products on an exclusive products that meet the TGA’s
the chutzpah of a group of basis under one of Chemist criteria for an S3 medication have
people who were arrested Warehouse’s (CWH’s) brands, as been approved for listing on the
overnight for trying to change part of a strategic partnership. Australian Register of Therapeutic
Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood Under the deal Cannatrek Goods (ARTG).
sign to read “HOLLYBOOB”. is set to train and education Cannatrek CEO, Tommy Huppert,
Six people were taken into CWH pharmacists about “the described the partnership as a
custody over the incident, benefits, any potential issues and “game-changer” for Australian
which apparently involved applicability of medicinal cannabis patients.
using tarpaulins to change the products for a range of illnesses”, “We are thrilled that CWH
shape of the “W” and the “D” the company said. has seen the value in entering Australian consumers, who will get
according to Leonard Calderon The company will also become a strategic partnership with access to high-quality medicinal
of the Los Angeles Police CWH’s exclusive telehealth partner Cannatrek as its medicinal cannabis cannabis products via a visit to
Department. for medicinal cannabis alongside partner,” he said. Australia’s largest pharmacy
An LAPD helicopter crew general telehealth provider, Instant “It means that not only will we chain, which has Australia-wide
was called to the scene and Consult, while also providing access provide CWH with low-dose CBD distribution.”
directed officers to the alleged to touch screens located in-store to products to be sold to consumers Currently Schedule 8 and S4
offenders, according to NBC. enable patients to make enquiries over-the-counter given the recent medicinal cannabis products are
“They didn’t commit any about their eligibility to access CBD decision by the TGA, but we will only available to patients through
permanent damage,” Calderon medications. work with them to develop new the Special Access Scheme (SAS)
said, with the group issued The agreement comes days products. B pathway or from an authorised
citations for trespassing after after the Therapeutic Goods “The ultimate winner will be prescriber.
telling an officer they had been
trying to create more awareness
of breast cancer.
A Twitter post from the
Hosptial patient wanted ‘to get high’ Trainee tech
police department noted A PATIENT who stole two vials theft charges
that “Los Angeles landmarks for lorazepam from a British OHIO-BASED trainee
are precious to us at LAPD’s hospital pharmacy’s fridge, pharmacy technician, Julie
Hollywood Division, and this has escaped with a suspended Harleman, is facing four
was way uncool (not to mention sentence. charges relating to the theft
the terrain is quite steep and Carlise Crown Court heard that of medications from a CVS
dangerous)”. James Leslie Foxcroft, admitted store she was working in.
entering a restricted area at West The allegations relate to
Cumberland Hospital on 29 Jul thefts reported between 30
2020, where he broke into the Jun and 06 Oct 2020, the
fridge to access the medication. Dayton Daily News reported.
CCTV footage from the hospital The Ohio Board of Pharmacy
showed the 32-year-old going to that he offered no excuse for his
issued a one-year pharmacy
a toilet where two broken vials actions and wished to express his
technician trainee licence
and blood were discovered. remorse to hospital staff for his
in Mar 2020, which she
Prosecutors noted that when behaviour.
surrendered on 19 Oct 2020.
asked why he stole the injectable The magistrate sentenced
The case has been sent
medication he had replied that Foxcroft to a 30-week jail term,
directly to a county grand
he wanted “to get high”. which was suspended for 18
jury.
Foxcroft’s defence lawyer noted months for his actions.
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