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Hospital admissions rise
Wednesday | May 28 2025THE number and rate of patients admitted to a public or private hospital to receive treatment or care has increased over the past decade, according to new updates released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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IPA launches new conference
Wednesday | May 28 2025INDEPENDENT Pharmacies of Australia (IPA) has announced the 2025 IPA Pharmacist Academy, a new education conference designed to equip pharmacists with advanced clinical, business, and leadership skills to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.
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Banks save Healthscope
Tuesday | May 27 2025TROUBLED private hospital company Healthscope has been handed a lifeline by the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac to the tune of $100 million to keep it running as it looks for a new owner.
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Aged care MACs on track
Tuesday | May 27 2025A NATIONAL audit of how medication use is governed in residential aged care has revealed a wide variation in the structure and function of Medication Advisory Committees (MACs) across the country.
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PATY state finalists announced
Monday | May 26 2025THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Professor Trent Twomey has announced the 2025 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) state finalists, with 24 pharmacy assistants invited to take part in the next round of judging.
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APC ‘bridging now to next’ for NRW2025
Monday | May 26 2025WITH National Reconciliation Week 2025 commencing 27 May, the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has issued a statement embracing this year's theme, "Bridging Now to Next.
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Call for med cannabis action
Friday | May 23 2025THE Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for "robust regulation" of the medicinal cannabis industry, saying it is needed to tackle the "highly concerning" and rapid increase in medicinal cannabis prescribing.
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Greater role for laLGPs
Friday | May 23 2025LONG-ACTING lipoglycopeptides (laLGPs), a type of semi-synthetic antibiotic, could be an alternative treatment to standard antibiotics for people with serious bacterial infections, according to research published in JAMA Network.
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Eating disorders volunteers needed
Friday | May 23 2025QIMR Berghofer and InsideOut Institute researchers are recruiting more than 4,000 Australian adults with lived experience of an eating disorder for the world's largest genetics study, to identify genetic variants and calculate an individual's risk of developing an eating disorder.
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Game plan for pandemics
Thursday | May 22 2025THE Australian Government and Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) have broadly welcomed and endorsed the World Health Organization's (WHO) new Pandemic Agreement, which lays out a coordinated global response against future outbreaks.
