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PBS structures impacting shortages
Wednesday | May 26 2021POLICY settings need to be adjusted to combat the growing number of medicines supply shortages being experienced across the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), former Commonwealth Department of Health Secretary, Jane Halton, warns.
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Cyber threats very real for pharmacy
Tuesday | May 25 2021PHARMACY owners are being urged to invest in measures to protect against malicious attacks, with Fred IT Managed Services General Manager, Andrew McManus, warning that cyber threats are real.
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NPSA wants CSO COVAX distribution
Tuesday | May 25 2021PHARMACY wholesalers believe the broader industry needs to highlight their role as healthcare logistics experts to Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, to push to for them to be used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX).
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APC seeks Intern Year Blueprint views
Tuesday | May 25 2021PHARMACY preceptors and interns in the ACT, Victoria and South Australia, are being asked to share their thoughts on the usability and practicality of proposed new assessment tools for pharmacy interns.
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Substitution key to tackling shortages
Monday | May 24 2021EMPOWERING community pharmacists to substitute medications that are in short supply with alternatives from the same therapeutic class, could help prevent unnecessary hospitalisations caused by patients running out of their medicines.
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Qld CHO backs pharmacist COVAX
Monday | May 24 2021QUEENSLAND'S Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, wants to see community pharmacies become "mass vaccination" centres as the rollout of the COVID-19 national immunisation campaign gathers pace.
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Pharmacist banned for misconduct
Monday | May 24 2021A NSW-BASED pharmacist who supplied Valium to friends and family of another pharmacist without valid prescriptions has been banned from seeking registration to practice for three years.
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No excuses for slow COVAX rollout
Friday | May 21 2021AUSTRALIA is falling "hopelessly behind" in its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) and needs to utilise all available immunisers including pharmacists, Federal Shadow Health Minister, Mark Butler, believes.
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ECPs need to grasp political roles
Friday | May 21 2021AUSTRALIA'S eighth pharmacist-turned MP, Federal Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Carers, Emma McBride, (pictured) wants more pharmacists - particularly those early in their careers - to take on leadership roles in public life.
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Industry turns out for APP
Friday | May 21 2021THIS week's Australian Pharmacy Professional conference at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre marks a milestone for the industry, with thousands of delegates able to gather in person for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mar last year.