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‘Game-changer’ training
Tuesday | Sep 10 2024PRIMARY healthcare professionals now have free access to peer-reviewed, accredited online education on key respiratory topics like breathlessness, COPD, and asthma.
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Pfizer’s First Nations grant
Tuesday | Sep 10 2024FIRST Nations peak body, NACCHO, has awarded the 2024 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Leadership Grant to Cheyne Sullivan and Jes Pearson.
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Guild details new payments
Monday | Sep 9 2024AT LAST week's Pharmacy Connect 2024, Pharmacy Guild of Australia President, Trent Twomey, did a deep-dive into the payments in the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), which will provide $26.5 billion to support community pharmacies.
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Stomach drugs’ class action
Monday | Sep 9 2024PATIENTS who have used proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to treat digestive issues, and subsequently developed gastric cancer or kidney damage, are now being asked to register for a class action launched by Shine Lawyers.
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Scope to expand in NSW
Friday | Sep 6 2024IN A speech given last night at the opening of the Pharmacy Connect 2024 conference, NSW Health Minister Ryan Park announced that pharmacists will soon be able to treat several common health conditions under new government changes (PD breaking news).
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Qld’s new Pharmacy Business Council
Friday | Sep 6 2024THE Queensland Govt has set up the first-ever independent Pharmacy Business Ownership Council responsible for regulating business ownership under the new Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024 (PD 01 Dec 2023).
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Inhaler warning from NAC
Thursday | Sep 5 2024THE National Asthma Council Australia (NAC) has issued a warning regarding the 01 Sep inclusion of asthma medications on the PBS 60-day prescription list.
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Healthscope controversy
Thursday | Sep 5 2024AUSTRALIANS with health insurance will not lose access to private hospitals, reassured the peak body for private health insurance, Private Healthcare Australia (PHA), yesterday.
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Editor’s Choice: Stay moisturised and protected with Jurlique
Thursday | Sep 5 2024JUST in time for the warmer seasons, Jurlique has unveiled its new sunscreen, which also doubles as a moisturiser.
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Taking a ‘moonshot’ for RA remission
Thursday | Sep 5 2024THE Federal Government is investing $11.54 million in a University of Queensland project that aims to put rheumatoid arthritis into remission, potentially eliminating the need for lifelong immunotherapy.
