UPDATE: The Northern Territory Government has successfully prevented Friday’s planned industrial action by hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, following an after-hours application for an injunction.

Members of Professional Pharmacists Australia had cited worsening staff shortages pushing hospitals into crisis and leaving patients at risk of missing out on vital medications and care, as the reason for the strike action, including the potential for the Katherine Hospital’s pharmacy department to immediately close.

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