Headlines
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e-cigarette import ban pushed back
Monday | Jun 29 2020MOVES to ban the importation of e-cigarettes containing vaporiser nicotine will not come into force until 01 Jan 2021.
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Final CI claim deadline
Monday | Jun 29 2020PHARMACY owners and managers have until 14 Jul to lodge their final claims for Clinical Interventions (CI) funded under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA).
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AIR overwhelmed by vax numbers
Friday | Jun 26 2020DISCREPANCIES in the numbers of vaccines administered by pharmacists and official records highlighted by a National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) report, are believed to be linked to a backlog being experienced by Services Australia.
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AMA accused of being ‘anti-patient’
Friday | Jun 26 2020CALLS from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for doctors to unite against the rollout of the Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot - Queensland (UTIPP-Q), are being branded "anti-patient" by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Qld boosts pill access
Friday | Jun 26 2020WOMEN across Queensland will have improved access to oral contraceptives regardless of brand, under revised legislation announced yesterday.
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High-dose codeine spike ‘temporary’
Thursday | Jun 25 2020INCREASED use of high-dose codeine medications funded through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), following the up-scheduling of low-dose products in 2018, has subsided, data from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveals.
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Cyber security training critical: ADHA
Thursday | Jun 25 2020PHARMACY owners need to boost cyber security awareness and implement new policies to protect patient data as the rollout of electronic prescriptions continues.
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Banks to gain confidence from 7CPA
Thursday | Jun 25 2020FUNDING guarantees written into the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) are likely to increase lenders' confidence in the sector, Attain Business Brokers Director, Natalie Sirianni, believes.
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7CPA delivers certainty to change
Wednesday | Jun 24 2020PHARMACY owners need to embrace the certainty provided by the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) to prepare for the post-COVID-19 business environment, Medici Capital Managing Director, Frank Sirianni, believes.
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Nicotine strategy needed
Wednesday | Jun 24 2020PHARMACY bodies should consider the role pharmacies can play in supplying compounded nicotine to minimise the risk of vapers turning to potentially dangerous black market sources, following the Federal Government's decision to ban the importation of e-cigarettes containing vaporiser nicotine from 01 Jul.
