22 Sep 2023

Career-ending disqualification for pharmacist following criminal conviction

A Perth-based pharmacist has been disqualified from applying from registration for five years following a criminal conviction, effectively ending the 66-year-old’s career in pharmacy.

20 Sep 2023

Pharmacy Board of Australia sets fee for 2023/24

The Pharmacy Board of Australia (the Board) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have announced the annual registration fee for pharmacists for 2023/24.

18 Sep 2023

Graduates finishing study in the next three months can apply for registration now

If you’re studying to become a health practitioner and are due to finish your approved course in the next three months, you can apply for registration now.

18 Sep 2023

Graduates finishing study in the next three months can apply for registration now

If you’re studying to become a health practitioner and are due to finish your approved course in the next three months, you can apply for registration now.

03 Aug 2023

Have your say on the criminal history standard for registered health practitioners - 03 August 2023

Australia’s health practitioner regulator wants to hear from the community as it begins to review the national standard that sets the bar for criminal history for our registered health practitioners.

21 Jul 2023

Pharmacist fined after Ahpra prosecution - 21 July 2023

An Adelaide woman has been convicted and fined $1,200 for holding herself out as a pharmacist when she completed 10 shifts at two different Adelaide pharmacies in August 2021 without being registered.

26 Jun 2023

Ahpra and National Boards release social research results - 26 june 2023

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Pharmacy Board of Australia have released results from surveys of practitioners’ sentiment and perceptions about our role and work.

26 Jun 2023

Ahpra and National Boards release social research result

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Pharmacy Board of Australia have released results from surveys of practitioners’ sentiment and perceptions about our role and work.

30 May 2023

Public consultation: Guidelines on compounding medicine

Public consultation has opened on the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s draft revised Guidelines on compounding of medicines. The Board is reviewing the guidelines, which it first published in 2015, to ensure they are relevant, contemporary and effective.

30 May 2023

Public consultation: Guidelines on compounding medicine

Public consultation has opened on the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s draft revised Guidelines on compounding of medicines. The Board is reviewing the guidelines, which it first published in 2015, to ensure they are relevant, contemporary and effective.