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Stiff penalties for pharmacy attackers
Thursday | Aug 11 2022CUSTOMERS who assault pharmacy workers in NSW could face seven years behind bars under new legislation before the State Parliament.
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NAPSA reps go to IPSF
Thursday | Aug 11 2022RECENTLY appointed National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association (NAPSA) President, Flynn Swift, and Treasurer, Georgia Bridges, are representing the organisation's members at the 67th International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) World Congress in Hurghada, Egypt.
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Pharmacists petition for RLAP change
Wednesday | Aug 10 2022ELIGIBILITY criteria for people seeking to access the Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) needs to be changed to avoid the closure of rural and remote pharmacies, Western Australian pharmacist, Nathalka Sakalo, believes.
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TEQSA blocks pharmacy cheating site
Wednesday | Aug 10 2022AT LEAST one website offering to help Australian pharmacy students to cheat has been blocked by the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA).
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LGBTI training wanted
Tuesday | Aug 9 2022DEMAND for training modules to educate pharmacists about how they can better support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) patients, is growing, research from the University of Canberra reveals.
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Aged care to provide opportunities
Monday | Aug 8 2022MORE than 1,200 full-time equivalent (FTE) pharmacists are likely to be embedded in aged care facilities over the next three to four years, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National Vice President, Dr Shane Jackson, believes.
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Service funding needs boost in 8CPA
Monday | Aug 8 2022SECURING greater funding for professional services in the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) will be a key goal for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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US jury backs right not to dispense
Monday | Aug 8 2022A US pharmacist did not discriminate against a woman by refusing to dispense the emergency contractive pill (ECP) due to "personal reasons", a jury has ruled.
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Robotic pharmacy alert
Friday | Aug 5 2022AUTOMATION could make the jobs of retail pharmacists obsolete within a decade, according to an analysis from Australian workforce data and analytics platform Faethm by Pearson.
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Pharmacist “tall poppy”
Friday | Aug 5 2022AN Adelaide-based pharmacist has been named one of Australia's "tall poppies of science" for her work with residents and carers in aged care to improve medicines safety among older people.