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Talks disrupted by angry pharmacists
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023A FURIOUS protest in Parliament House by 200 pharmacists disrupted question time yesterday and sparked a warning from the Federal Health Minister that "they had broken a pledge to negotiate the funding deal in good faith", reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Sigma pulls off Summit
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023SIGMA has recently completed the third session of the inaugural Pharmacy Assistant Summit Series, a four-part education series for pharmacy assistants from the Amcal, DDS, Guardian and Pharmasave brands.
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Eye tracking reads gaze
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023MORE than 50% of Australians living in residential aged care facilities have a dementia diagnosis, with aged care services around the world preparing for the number of older people aged 65 years and above to double in the next 30 years.
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MoU helps expand ‘knowledge pool’
Monday | Sep 4 2023TODAY, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) and the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA).
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Canberra rally to protest against 60DD
Monday | Sep 4 2023THE Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) is continuing to "push for concrete action from the gov't over its disastrous 60-Day Dispensing (60DD), despite vague promises by Health Minister Mark Butler to begin negotiations for the Eight Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) and to have it finalised early next year," stated the nascent group's spokesperson, Christine Kelly.
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Qld assistant wins PATY
Monday | Sep 4 2023COLBY Diek from Queensland is the national winner of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year award, announced over the weekend at the joint Pharmacy Connect and the Pharmacy Assistant National Conference (PATY).
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Heart pilot sees uptick
Friday | Sep 1 2023A HEART Foundation pilot program that recalls at-risk Australians via a text message from their GP clinic is being seen as a potential lifesaver.
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Bringing technique to the forefront
Friday | Sep 1 2023MOAMA Village Pharmacy, NSW, is taking an active role in National Asthma Awareness Week (01-07 Sep) by supporting and educating the community about asthma and hay fever.
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Product info inserts go
Thursday | Aug 31 2023PRINTED product information inserts (PIs) will no longer be required in the packaging of injectable medicines that are administered by health professionals from 01 Sep.
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WelleCo in more stores
Thursday | Aug 31 2023ELLE Macpherson's ingestible beauty brand WelleCo will be available in Chemist Warehouse from Sep, with the retailer recording 35% growth in the ingestible beauty category and lauding physical store placement as the way to further success.
