Headlines
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Cyber preparedness key
Friday | Jul 15 2022INCREASING digitalisation in the health sector is forcing community pharmacy owners to look to measures to bolster their cyber-security, the latest CommBank Pharmacy Insights report reveals.
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Butler urged to fund Aus Prescriber
Thursday | Jul 14 2022HEALTH professionals are backing calls for Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, to ensure the future of the Australian Prescriber journal, as part of his review of future funding for NPS MedicineWise.
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Delahunty’s 90 not out
Thursday | Jul 14 2022BRISBANE'S Delahunty's Chemist is joining iconic Australian institutions, the ABC and RM Williams in celebrating 90 years in business.
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SA reviewing mass vaccination clinics
Tuesday | Jul 12 2022SA HEALTH is working with primary healthcare providers, including pharmacists, to assess the need for additional vaccination clinics to support increased demand for COVID-19 boosters.
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Phones running hot for booster dose
Tuesday | Jul 12 2022PHARMACIES across the country are seeing a sharp rise in patients seeking appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations since the eligibility criteria were extended last week (PD 07 Jul).
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Nail gun bandits busted
Tuesday | Jul 12 2022THIEVES who held up an ACT pharmacy armed with a nail gun, a hammer and a syringe on Sun night have been apprehended.
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Antiviral eligibility changes welcomed
Monday | Jul 11 2022MOVES to expand the eligibility criteria for patients to access COVID-19 oral antivirals, are being welcomed by the pharmacy profession.
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AMAQ hits out at UTIPP-Q decision
Monday | Jul 11 2022QUEENSLAND-BASED medical groups are continuing to criticise moves to empower pharmacists to diagnose, prescribe and dispense antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs).
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PDL confirms Galbraith appointment
Monday | Jul 11 2022AUSTRALIAN Pharmacy Council (APC) Director, Amanda Galbraith, has been named as Pharmaceutical Defence Limited's (PDL's) new NSW and ACT Director.
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UTI trial becomes permanent service
Friday | Jul 8 2022Pharmacists in Queensland join their peers in the UK, New Zealand and parts of Canada, in being authorised to prescribe treatments for urinary tract infections (UTI).