Ear Wax Removal in Pharmacy is Risky Business
We had a few enquiries recently about whether pharmacists should start up an ear irrigation service. We did a little research and came across this BMJ article. Essentially Doctors do…
Pharmacy Cyber Security
Cybersecurity is becoming a greater focal point of pharmacy organisations around the world. According to the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) 20 per cent of small businesses…
Esketamine as an Antidepressant
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant cause of disability worldwide and the most common illness preceding suicide. On March 5, 2019, the nasal spray drug, esketamine, also known as Spravato (by Janssen…
Esketamine availability in Australia
Spravato is the brand name of esketamine, a glutamate receptor drug used for rapid depression treatment manufactured by Johnson & Johnson in the US. Esketamine is contained within the standard pharmaceutical…
Esketamine availability in the UK
Spravato is the brand name of esketamine, a nasally adminitsered medicine used for the rapid treatment of moderate to severe depression. Spravato was initially released by Johnson & Johnson in…
Travel Health Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is at the core of what a pharmacist travel health clinician does. It is not just our job to analyse where the patient is going but multiple additional…
Pharmacist Designated Prescribing Practitioners
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the regulator of pharmacists in the UK has convened to discuss how as a profession, pharmacists can reduce the barriers to entry for pharmacy graduates…
Why are pharmacist locums being paid more?
Looks like pay for pharmacy locums in the UK is on the upswing. From the Chemist and Druggist 2018 Salary Survey. But why? The standard economics 101 rationale pulls up 6 factors:…
Paperless Pharmacy
Becoming Paperless is inevitable. Putting aside the ecological benefits, it makes the macro process of pharmacy safer, faster and more cost effective. But why has it taken so long? One…
10 Common Pharmacists Excuses for not Evolving
1. Too busy dispensing / can’t afford locum cover to leave the pharmacy 2. Can’t easily arrange insurance cover to vaccinate children if independent prescriber 3. Can’t arrange PGD for…