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Pharmacy flu vax ready
Friday | May 20 2022QUEENSLAND-BASED pharmacists would welcome the opportunity to play a role in the distribution of free influenza vaccines, a spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia says.
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PM makes 8CPA election pledge
Friday | May 20 2022PRIME Minister, Scott Morrison, will aim to secure a deal on an Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) by Jan 2025, if the Coalition retains power after tomorrow's Federal election.
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PDL vax alert
Friday | May 20 2022PROFESSIONAL indemnity insurer, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) is urging pharmacist immunisers to take steps to ensure they administer the correct vaccine when administering influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.
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Victoria lowers pharmacy flu jab age
Friday | May 20 2022PHARMACIST immunisers in Victoria can now administer influenza vaccines to children aged five years and older, under measures announced by the State Government this morning.
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Pay rise push
Friday | May 20 2022UNION group, Professionals Australia, which represents employee pharmacists, is calling for a 5.5% increase in the minimum wage in this year's Annual Wage Review.
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Dispensary Corner 20 May 22
Friday | May 20 2022AUSTRALIAN pharmacists and sports fanatics, Stuart Giles and Cathie Reid, are supporting efforts to launch a professional Twenty2o cricket competition in the US.
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Labor to review NPS funding decision
Thursday | May 19 2022MOVES to defund NPS MedicineWise from 01 Jan 2023, announced in the Federal Budget, could be reversed under a Labor Government, with the party pledging to review the decision.
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Flu vax cost concerns
Thursday | May 19 2022CONCERNS that Australians are passing on getting this year's influenza vaccine are behind calls from Queensland's Health Minister, Yvette D'Ath, for the Federal Government to subsidise access to the shots.
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TGA cancels FatBlaster Max
Thursday | May 19 2022THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has stripped complementary medicine, FatBlaster Max, of its listing on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).
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PDL seeks new NSW Director
Thursday | May 19 2022PHARMACISTS registered in NSW and the ACT are being invited to nominate to join the Board of professional indemnity insurer, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL).
