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Guild, APC welcome RN prescribers, but “more work to do”
Wednesday | Oct 1 2025PRESCRIBING rights have been extended to registered nurses (RNs), with those who are suitably qualified being able to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, supply and/or use scheduled medicines in partnership with authorised health practitioners.
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WA EACPP training begins
Wednesday | Oct 1 2025THE first cohort for the Western Australian Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot (EACPP) has officially begun training, marking a key step in expanding community-based health care across WA.
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Plan to reverse low vax rates
Tuesday | Sep 30 2025PUBLIC health experts are calling for coordinated action to reverse Australia's "extremely concerning" declining rates of childhood vaccination, providing practical strategies to improve uptake.
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ACS guidelines updated
Tuesday | Sep 30 2025THE National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand have released the Australian Clinical Guideline for Diagnosing and Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes 2025.
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Call for multidisciplinary model
Monday | Sep 29 2025GENERAL practice care is changing to meet the needs of patients in Australia, with coordinated general practice-led multidisciplinary teams providing more comprehensive, patient centred care, according to the 2025 Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) Health of the Nation report, which will be released next week.
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Naloxone awareness, uptake rise
Monday | Sep 29 2025THE Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, has released findings from its annual national surveys of people who use drugs, with encouraging trends around awareness and uptake of opioid antagonist naloxone.
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Wesfarmers moves into menopause
Friday | Sep 26 2025PRICELINE Pharmacy has launched Anything Menopause, an initiative designed to provide women with accessible, informed advice and care around menopause in stores throughout the country.
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“Sustained investment needed”
Friday | Sep 26 2025ON WORLD Pharmacists Day yesterday, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) celebrated the evolving role of pharmacists to ensure safe, cost-effective and accessible care, while calling for sustained investment in the hospital pharmacy workforce.
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‘Think health, think pharmacist’ on WPD2025
Thursday | Sep 25 2025PEAK bodies are celebrating the contribution of pharmacists across Australia's healthcare system and are calling on the government and public to 'Think health, think pharmacist' on World Pharmacists Day today.
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Cutting unnecessary meds
Thursday | Sep 25 2025RESEARCHERS from the University of Western Australia have published clinical practice guidelines for deprescribing in older people, which aim to reduce unnecessary medicines and the risks that come with them.
