3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (183+ words) The short 10-question screening survey must be completed on the NHSBSA Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by July 31 Pharmacy owners should soon receive confirmation from NHSBSA that the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire will be available for completion…...

12+ hour, 20+ min ago  (419+ words) The government plans to replace the Pharmacy Act, 1948 with a new National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2026, creating a central commission, four specialised boards, and a mandatory exit exam for practice licenses....

16+ hour, 56+ min ago  (130+ words) Pharmacy Today Kia ora and welcome to Pharmacy Today Kaitiaki Rongo" O Te W" Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides a practical overview of osteoporosis assessment and management, with a focus on identifying people at highest fracture risk. She also highlights…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (497+ words) Australia's peak pharmacy body has launched a strict new ethics code to prevent pharmacists from generating unjustifiable profits when prescribing and dispensing drugs. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has officially launched an updated code of ethics, mandating that pharmacists…...

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2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (343+ words) The pharmacy sector regulator and NHS England have appointed a new national pharmacy technician fellow for 2026. The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPh C) and NHS England's Office of the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer have appointed Becky Jarvis to the one-year fellowship. Ms Jarvis…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (374+ words) The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released an updated Code of Ethics for Pharmacists, replacing its previous framework to reflect a profession that has taken on considerably more clinical responsibility in recent years. The 2026 Code is structured around four…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (429+ words) A defining strength of the conference was its pharmacy-centered lens. Rather than simply reviewing emerging clinical data, faculty and panelists examined how new evidence may affect regimen choice, toxicity management, biomarker testing, access, transitions of care, formulary decision-making, and day-to-day…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (767+ words) Roughly 93% of AMA members surveyed were opposed to the Pharmacy Board of Australia's draft prescribing endorsement. The AMA has come out swinging in its submission to the Pharmacy Board of Australia's consultation on a prescribing endorsement for pharmacists, accusing the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (186+ words) SEO excerpt 140-160 chars Currently, the Australian healthcare system operates without minimum federal standards for pharmacist prescribing, allowing individual states and territories to dictate isolated training requirements. The AHPRA draft seeks to centralize this authority by introducing an explicit endorsement that…...