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CMA hosts world congress
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) this month hosted the World Congress for the International Alliance of Dietary Food Supplement Associations (IADSA ) in Sydney.
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Qld plots pharmacist scripts
Thursday | Apr 18 2019QUEENSLAND Health has confirmed it will operate a state-wide trial seeing pharmacists provide low-risk emergency and repeat prescriptions for the contraceptive pill and antibiotics for urinary tract infections.
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Gender pay gap grows
Thursday | Apr 18 2019WOMEN working for some of the UK's largest community pharmacy groups are likely to earn close to 20% less than the average male employee, according to a report from British pharmacy publisher Chemist + Druggist.
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Prescribing “out of scope”
Wednesday | Apr 17 2019GENERAL practitioners hope the Pharmacy Board of Australia will reconsider its plans to support pharmacist prescribing, claiming "burdens on GPs would increase" as a result.
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healthSAVE Burnie meets Minister
Wednesday | Apr 17 2019HEALTHSAVE Wilkinson's Pharmacy in Burnie, recently celebrated its win of the 2019 Guild Award for Excellence in Community Engagement -- Health Services (PD 07 Mar) with a visit from Health Minister, Greg Hunt.
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Blackmores profit dives
Wednesday | Apr 17 2019BLACKMORES yesterday released its financial results for the nine months to 31 Mar, with a net profit after tax of $44 million, down 14% on the prior corresponding period.
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PSA prescribing proposal
Tuesday | Apr 16 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its response to the Pharmacy Board of Australia's current discussion paper on pharmacist prescribing, saying "collaborative prescribing by pharmacists [would] improve Australians' access to safe and effective healthcare".
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PBS “crumbling”: Guild
Monday | Apr 15 2019PHARMACISTS are being urged to put their votes behind "the major party that acknowledges the current problems" facing the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) at the 18 May election.
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PSA seeks 7CPA assurances
Monday | Apr 15 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) wants the Labor Party to guarantee that the Society will be a signatory to the 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement.
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AMA slams Pharmacy Board
Friday | Apr 12 2019THE Australian Medical Association has warned that current Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) proposals to allow pharmacist prescribing represent a "fundamental undermining" of the national governance framework and process for non-medical health practitioners to apply to prescribe.