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New PSA SA/NT leader
Tuesday | Jun 28 2022PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Australia (PSA) South Australian and Northern Territory Branch President, Robyn Johns, will step down next month, with Veronika Seda being elected as her successor.
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Remuneration model must change
Monday | Jun 27 2022PHARMACIST remuneration remains tied to an outdated system that fails to recognise the significant changes in the role community pharmacists play in delivering healthcare, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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New Vic Health Minister welcomed
Monday | Jun 27 2022NEWLY appointed Victorian Health Minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, has received a warm welcome to her new role from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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AMA takes another shot at NQPSPP
Monday | Jun 27 2022DOCTORS from North Queensland have voiced their opposition to plans to allow pharmacists in the area to prescribe medication for a limited number of conditions as part of a trial program.
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Take Home Naloxone goes national
Monday | Jun 27 2022PHARMACIES across Australia will be able to register for the National Take Home Naloxone (THN) program from 01 Jul, when the current pilot scheme in WA, NSW and SA is expanded nationally.
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Seqirus moves to cut flu vax costs
Monday | Jun 27 2022PRICE cuts currently being offered by vaccine manufacturer, Seqirus, for its Flucelvax Quad influenza vaccine may be extended beyond 30 Jun.
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Scope expansion must continue
Friday | Jun 24 2022LEAPS forward in pharmacists' scope of practice made during the COVID-19 pandemic must continue, Federal Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Emma McBride, believes.
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Hazzard backs pharmacists to deliver
Friday | Jun 24 2022SUGGESTIONS that community pharmacists lack the skills to provide more services to patients no longer hold water with NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, with the profession delivering for the State throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Govt to boost antiviral awareness
Friday | Jun 24 2022AUSTRALIANS are being urged to check if they are eligible for oral COVID-19 antiviral treatments, as part of a Federal Government-funded campaign.
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RACGP Directors face vote to get paid
Friday | Jun 24 2022DIRECTORS of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) could go unpaid for the next five months if its members do not back a resolution at an emergency general meeting (EGM) next week.
