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NSW COVAX pilot ‘misses the mark’
Friday | Jul 2 2021PLANS to activate 22 pharmacies as COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) sites in regional and rural parts of NSW are "simply not enough", Pharmaceutical Society of Australia NSW Branch President, Chelsea Felkai, believes.
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Hospital pharmacy needs promotion
Friday | Jul 2 2021LOW morale in the community pharmacy sector is hurting the profession, and could impact the availability of a skilled hospital pharmacy workforce, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) Pharmacy Forecast Australia 2021 report warns.
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NSW activates pharmacy COVAX
Thursday | Jul 1 2021LIMITED numbers of pharmacies in regional and rural parts of NSW will start administering COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) from 19 Jul as part of a pilot program, however restrictions will apply.
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MJA editor backs pharmacy vax sites
Thursday | Jul 1 2021EVERY available vaccination service, including community pharmacies, should be used to roll out COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX), the editor of the Australian Medical Association's Medical Journal of Australia, Professor Nick Talley, believes.
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Stop hiding behind National Cabinet
Wednesday | Jun 30 2021COMMONWEALTH Government decision-makers are bungling the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations and need to activate community pharmacies to be vaccine hubs immediately, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, says.
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Pharmacy COVAX activation too slow
Wednesday | Jun 30 2021THE health and wellbeing of Australians is unnecessarily put at risk because of the Federal Government's failure to activate approved community pharmacies to join the COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) rollout, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch Acting President, Chris Owen, believes.
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Health professionals key to planning
Wednesday | Jun 30 2021HEALTH authorities around the globe need to engage frontline workers when designing and planning programs to bolster the uptake of services, International Council of Nursing CEO, Howard Catton, believes.
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Pharmacists indemnified
Tuesday | Jun 29 2021PHARMACISTS participating in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be covered by the no-fault indemnity scheme for general practitioners, announced by Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, last night.
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Unleash pharmacy now
Tuesday | Jun 29 2021ALLOWING pharmacists to practice to their full scope is now an economic and healthcare imperative, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Vic Govt ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Monday | Jun 28 2021MOVES to recruit community pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccinations hubs by the Victorian Government do not make sense, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone, believes.