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Mental health full scope opportunity
Thursday | Aug 4 2022PHARMACISTS have the skills to play a greater role in the care of patients with mental health issues, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Emma McBride (pictured), believes.
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ACT Budget disappoints pharmacy
Thursday | Aug 4 2022PLEAS to authorise Canberra-based pharmacists to do more for their communities have fallen on deaf ears, with the ACT Government's 2022/23 Budget failing to invest in the profession, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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Pharmacy Award embarrassing: Sim
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022INCREASING wages rates under the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 will make pharmacy a more attractive career option for talented students, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Dr Fei Sim, believes.
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Don’t join VEEV vaping program: PSA
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022PHARMACISTS are being urged to snub Philip Morris International's (PMI's) controversial pharmacy program, with Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Dr Fei Sim, saying big tobacco has no place in healthcare.
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Vincent steps down as API boss
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022WESFARMERS Health Managing Director, Emily Amos, has been named as the new CEO of pharmacy wholesaler, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API).
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Peak bodies unaware of NVP program
Tuesday | Aug 2 2022PHARMACY'S peak bodies report having no knowledge about the details of a Philip Morris International (PMI) backed patient support program for nicotine vaping products (NVP).
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Pharmacy must be culturally safe
Tuesday | Aug 2 2022PHARMACISTS are being urged to embrace the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's (PSA's) new Guideline for pharmacists supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with medicines management, so they provide culturally safe care.
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Palliative care med supplies secured
Tuesday | Aug 2 2022ACCESS to a key subsidised medication used by palliative care patients has been restored after the sole supplier of the drug left the Australian market last year.
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Pharmacist cops ban
Tuesday | Aug 2 2022NSW-BASED pharmacist, Phouc Loc Le, will be barred from holding professional registration for at least 12 months, after being found guilty of facilitating the supply of prescription medications to the owner of a health foods store.
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Butler plots ‘sensible’ full scope push
Monday | Aug 1 2022ENSURING all health professionals, including pharmacists, can work to their full scope of practice will be key to managing workforce shortages, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, believes.