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PSA statement at the heart of care
Monday | Apr 17 2023RECOGNISING that culturally safe care and equity of healthcare access are critical drivers to improving health outcomes, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) launched its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' healthcare position statement, last week.
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Bulk billing Tas clinics
Monday | Apr 17 2023TO EASE pressure on hospitals both the Federal and Tasmanian Governments have established an additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) in Tasmania, taking the total number of Medicare UCCs to be established in the state to four.
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Woman dies of tetanus
Monday | Apr 17 2023NSW Health is urging pharmacists to remind people to make sure they are up to date with their tetanus vaccinations after three cases in NSW, including one death.
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Gobsmacked says RACGP
Friday | Apr 14 2023THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has today expressed outrage at what it's describing as a "hidden clause" in the 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement, despite the matter being clearly spelt out some years ago in Pharmacy Daily when the 7CPA was unveiled (PD 15 Jun 2020).
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Capital Chemist rises above to win
Friday | Apr 14 2023CAPITAL Chemist recently won the Community Champion Award given out by the charity, Rise Above - Capital Region Cancer Relief, and celebrated its 20th anniversary supporting the organisation.
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Hold to ironclad promise
Friday | Apr 14 2023PHARMACY Guild National President Trent Twomey says he will hold major political parties accountable on their commitment to maintain existing pharmacy ownership and location rules.
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Brendan Murphy to retire
Thursday | Apr 13 2023The Secretary of the Department of Health, Brendan Murphy, (pictured) will step down effective on 06 Jul (PD breaking news).
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‘Run out of meds quick’
Thursday | Apr 13 2023CHEMIST Warehouse Director Mario Tascone has weighed in on the debate over the changes to prescribing and dispensing rules being promoted by doctors, by warning that doubling prescription lengths and increasing the amount of medicine Australians can get with each script will result in "drug shortages".
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Editor’s Choice: slip a bit of Hippy into your facial routine
Thursday | Apr 13 2023AN ENTIRE generation of 20-somethings have swapped out the nine-to-five grind and fast food for wellness retreats and plant-based diets.
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Gift of life’s baton here
Thursday | Apr 13 2023THE World Transplant Games is known as the largest sporting event for organ transplant recipients in the world.
