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Priceline, SiSU extend deal
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries (API) will expand the health station offering across the entire national Priceline Pharmacy network, extending its exclusive partnership with SiSU Health Group for a further five years.
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NT uni to drop pharmacy program
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019CHARLES Darwin University in the Northern Territory is set to phase out its pharmacy program over the next two to three years, with the institution telling Pharmacy Daily the course is simply not attracting enough students.
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Ramsay case not civil
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019A CASE brought by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia against Ramsay Health Care relating to pharmacy ownership (PD 17 Sep 2018), has been summarily dismissed by the Supreme Court of NSW.
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Employers liable for harassment: PPA
Monday | Aug 19 2019EMPLOYERS are being warned that they can be held "vicariously liable for acts of sexual harassment by their employees", in the wake of a former pharmacist's revelations that she suffered abuse while an intern with "one of Australia's largest discount pharmacies" (PD 16 Aug).
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World’s best health system
Monday | Aug 19 2019MINISTER for Health, Greg Hunt, speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra last week, announced the launch of Australia's Long Term National Health Plan: to build the world's best health system, which commits an injection of $435 billion, including improved access to medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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Pharmacies must be safe workplaces
Friday | Aug 16 2019PHARMACY owners are being urged to develop and implement internal policies to tackle issues around harassment and bullying, following revelations of sexual harassment in a blog post written by a former pharmacist earlier this month.
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Opioid packs to shrink
Friday | Aug 16 2019MOVES to mandate smaller pack sizes for opioid medications from 01 Jan 2020, are being welcomed by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).
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Boots translation service
Friday | Aug 16 2019BRITISH pharmacy group, Boots, is to use an on-demand interpretation service pilot for non-English speaking pharmacy patients to broaden the accessibility of healthcare.
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No safety in delaying care: Tambassis
Thursday | Aug 15 2019LIMITATIONS on pharmacists' ability to practice to their full scope are not in the best interest of patients, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, believes.
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Use pharmacists to the full: Guild
Wednesday | Aug 14 2019AUSTRALIAN health policy makers are being urged to allow pharmacists to use their "training to the full", following the release of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's Community Pharmacies: Part of the Solution policy paper.