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Guild backs mandatory AIR recording
Monday | Feb 8 2021PHARMACIST immunisers will be required to record every influenza vaccine they administer on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) from 01 Mar under new mandatory reporting measures backed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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NSW needs regulatory reset: Jones
Monday | Feb 8 2021PHARMACY regulation in NSW "needs a great reset" to bring it into line with other jurisdictions across the country, Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch Vice President, Paul Jones, believes.
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Sigma in prime position for growth
Monday | Feb 8 2021PHARMACY wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare, is optimistic about the future with CEO, Mark Hooper, reporting the company is "in a prime position to accelerate growth" in the 2022 Financial Year.
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FIP cans 2021 Congress
Monday | Feb 8 2021PLANS to host the 80th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Seville, Spain, this Sep have been abandonned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pharmacy funding rethink required
Friday | Feb 5 2021CURRENT rural pharmacy funding models based on Australian Bureau of Statistics and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data fail to recognise the vital non-dispensing services pharmacists in regional and remote locations provide, one owner believes.
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Pharmacy short-changed on COVAX
Friday | Feb 5 2021PHARMACIST-TURNED Federal MP, Emma McBride, is calling for an increase in remuneration for pharmacists who administer COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX).
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Education needed as CBD goes S3
Friday | Feb 5 2021PHARMACISTS may theoretically be able to provide low-dose medicinal cannabis products to patients over-the-counter (OTC), but it could be "years rather than months" before any are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG), an industry expert warns.
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Make emergency orders permanent
Thursday | Feb 4 2021FEDERAL, State and Territory health authorities are being urged to implement public health orders enabling continued dispensing to be implemented on a permanent basis.
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Guild seeks ‘flat rate’ for Award
Thursday | Feb 4 2021PHARMACY owners are seeking approval for the introduction of a "flat rate" into the Pharmacy Industry Award.
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COVID, bushfire ‘double whammy’
Wednesday | Feb 3 2021WESTERN Australian pharmacies are facing a "double whammy" of crises as bushfires and fresh COVID-19 restrictions spark panic-buying.
