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Let’s get the jabs done
Wednesday | Jun 9 2021OFFERS from community pharmacists to join the COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) rollout campaign must not be wasted, Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Medical Research, Frank McGuire, believes.
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Pharmacies need local support: Guild
Wednesday | Jun 9 2021PHARMACIES across the country have remained open throughout COVID-19 lockdowns to ensure patients retained access to critical medicines, but now they need their communities' support, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, says.
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GuildLink COVAX upgrade coming
Wednesday | Jun 9 2021GUILDLINK is set to roll out an upgrade of its integration between the GuildCare NG platform and the Australian Immunisation Record (AIR) to alleviate the need to log into AIR and Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) separately, when administering COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX).
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States receiving poor advice: Twomey
Tuesday | Jun 8 2021RISK-AVERSE bureaucrats are stalling the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines by providing poor advice about community pharmacy's capacity to join the immunisation campaign to State Governments, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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Phelps’ pharmacy post unhelpful
Tuesday | Jun 8 2021FORMER Federal MP and Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, Professor Kerryn Phelps (pictured), is being accused of scaremongering, after questioning pharmacists' abilities to manage anaphylaxis.
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Health literacy concerns
Tuesday | Jun 8 2021AUSTRALIA needs to boost health literacy levels to increase consumers' capacity to manage and feel in control of their healthcare, Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF) CEO, Leanne Wells, believes.
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Pharmacy COVAX starts in Qld today
Monday | Jun 7 2021PATIENTS in rural and remote parts of Queensland are the first in Australia to be eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) from community pharmacies.
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CWH swoops on ex-Guild spokesman
Monday | Jun 7 2021FORMER Pharmacy Guild of Australia Communications Director, Greg Turnbull, is joining Chemist Warehouse (CWH) as an independent communications advisor to the discount giant.
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Guild to continue Amazon opposition
Monday | Jun 7 2021AMAZON'S withdrawal of its application to trademark 'Amazon Pharmacy' (PD breaking news) in Australia are being welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, who believes the rollout of the brand would have breached pharmacy legislation.
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Put pharmacy first in Qld COVAX plan
Friday | Jun 4 2021PLANS to open mass COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) hubs in Queensland should not be implemented until after community pharmacies have joined the immunisation campaign, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.