Headlines
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Autonomous prescribing push
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has strongly backed the "autonomous prescribing" model for pharmacists, proposed as one of three options by the Pharmacy Board of Australia in its current consultation on pharmacist prescribing (PD 06 Mar).
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Discharge fears flagged
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019PHARMACISTS are voicing their frustrations that the profession does not have a greater role in ensuring patients safe discharge from hospitals at weekends.
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Drug dealing pharmacists
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019PHARMACISTS are among the 60 US healthcare professionals facing prosecution over alleged health care fraud and opioid peddling.
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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".
