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NSW needs regulatory reset: Jones
Monday | Feb 8 2021PHARMACY regulation in NSW "needs a great reset" to bring it into line with other jurisdictions across the country, Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch Vice President, Paul Jones, believes.
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Sigma in prime position for growth
Monday | Feb 8 2021PHARMACY wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare, is optimistic about the future with CEO, Mark Hooper, reporting the company is "in a prime position to accelerate growth" in the 2022 Financial Year.
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FIP cans 2021 Congress
Monday | Feb 8 2021PLANS to host the 80th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Seville, Spain, this Sep have been abandonned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pharmacy funding rethink required
Friday | Feb 5 2021CURRENT rural pharmacy funding models based on Australian Bureau of Statistics and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data fail to recognise the vital non-dispensing services pharmacists in regional and remote locations provide, one owner believes.
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Pharmacy short-changed on COVAX
Friday | Feb 5 2021PHARMACIST-TURNED Federal MP, Emma McBride, is calling for an increase in remuneration for pharmacists who administer COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX).
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Education needed as CBD goes S3
Friday | Feb 5 2021PHARMACISTS may theoretically be able to provide low-dose medicinal cannabis products to patients over-the-counter (OTC), but it could be "years rather than months" before any are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG), an industry expert warns.
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Make emergency orders permanent
Thursday | Feb 4 2021FEDERAL, State and Territory health authorities are being urged to implement public health orders enabling continued dispensing to be implemented on a permanent basis.
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Guild seeks ‘flat rate’ for Award
Thursday | Feb 4 2021PHARMACY owners are seeking approval for the introduction of a "flat rate" into the Pharmacy Industry Award.
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COVID, bushfire ‘double whammy’
Wednesday | Feb 3 2021WESTERN Australian pharmacies are facing a "double whammy" of crises as bushfires and fresh COVID-19 restrictions spark panic-buying.
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Bipartisan support for substitution
Wednesday | Feb 3 2021LEGISLATION aimed at boosting pharmacists' abilities to substitute prescribed medications is gaining support from both sides of politics.