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Qld pharmacy hearings
Tuesday | Aug 21 2018YESTERDAY'S public hearings in the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry heard a wide range of evidence, with witnesses including TerryWhite Chemmart ceo Anthony White, Damien Gance from Chemist Warehouse and Productivity Commisssioner Stephen King, who chaired last year's federal Review of Pharmacy Regulation.
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SafeScript training urged
Tuesday | Aug 21 2018PHARMACISTS in Victoria are being invited to complete a series of new online training modules covering the SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring system which is set to begin rolling out by early Oct this year.
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Primary Health profit rebound
Tuesday | Aug 21 2018LISTED medical centre and pathology clinic operator Primary Health has reported $8.9m full year profit in contrast to its impairment-hit $517m loss in the prior year.
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Guild tie for “Wacka” Williams
Monday | Aug 20 2018PHARMACY Guild of Australia executive director David Quilty last week presented long-serving NSW Senator John "Wacka" Williams with a Guild tie.
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NSW Labor promises RTPM
Monday | Aug 20 2018REAL-TIME prescription monitoring (RTPM) is emerging as a key political issue in NSW, with the state Labor opposition yesterday promising to spend $30 million on a system over four years if it is elected to power.
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PSA collaboration summit
Monday | Aug 20 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has announced an "inter-professional collaboration summit" with the aim of exploring how doctors and pharmacists can work together more effectively.
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WA PATY finalist named
Monday | Aug 20 2018SALLY Alfieri from TerryWhite Chemmart Mandurah Forum (pictured right) will represent Western Australia at the national finals of the 2018 Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY) Award.
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Guild gives the vital facts
Friday | Aug 17 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has published a new information sheet, summarising "vital facts on community pharmacy" collated from a range of official sources.
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SA PATY finalist announced
Friday | Aug 17 2018LAURA Mckinlay from Crossroads Pharmacy in Port August has been named as the South Australian state finalist in the Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Awards.
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NZ restricts codeine for kids
Friday | Aug 17 2018NEW Zealand's Medsafe regulator and the Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee have issued an alert about new restrictions on the use of codeine in children and young adults.
