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GPs urge more team care
Friday | Apr 17 2026THE Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for $425.5 million to remove the current cap on subsidy payments under the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP), to help boost employment of pharmacists, nurses and allied health staff in general practice settings.
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What do inclusive conversations look like?
Friday | Apr 17 2026The 2026 Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) IPE Colloquium will take place in Canberra on 05 May, with the theme 'Empowering voices: Educating health professionals for respectful and inclusive conversations'.
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Patients missing out on millions in savings
Thursday | Apr 16 2026THE government's 60-day dispensing policy, designed to cut the cost of medicines for millions of Australians, is not living up to its potential because GPs and pharmacists have been slow to adopt it, new research has found.
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Med cannabis sales plunge
Thursday | Apr 16 2026MEDICINAL cannabis sales in Australia have fallen sharply for the first time in nearly a decade, with experts from Penington Institute attributing the drop to a regulatory crackdown on high-volume prescribers and clinics.
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Death knell for anti-amyloids?
Thursday | Apr 16 2026ANTI-AMYLOID drugs for Alzheimer's disease are unlikely to have any clinically meaningful benefits, but may increase the risk of bleeding and swelling in the brain, according to a new Cochrane review published today.
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NSW pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives
Wednesday | Apr 15 2026PHARMACISTS in NSW will be able to initiate contraceptive supply from 01 Jun 2026, the NSW Government announced today (PD breaking news), building on the success of the existing oral contraceptive pill (OCP) resupply trial operating in hundreds of pharmacies across the state.
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New survey reveals “national blind spot”
Wednesday | Apr 15 2026AUSTRALIANS are suffering from a disconnect between their confidence in their ability to look after their health and the reality of rising chronic disease rates and a failure to adopt healthy habits, a large national survey has revealed.
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Free interactive online tool improves opioid safety
Wednesday | Apr 15 2026A free interactive online tool can help people taking prescription opioids for non-cancer pain to better understand their risks, with requests for naloxone more than doubling, according to Monash University research.
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Nurses call for pharmacist-like vax funding
Tuesday | Apr 14 2026THE Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging the Federal Government to give nurses a greater role in vaccination to help address declining coverage amid record-high influenza rates and the circulation of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Peptides in TGA’s sights
Tuesday | Apr 14 2026THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a safety advisory in response to concerns about risks associated with the rise in the import, supply, compounding and advertising of unapproved peptide products.
