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COVAX rollout no time for turf war
Wednesday | Dec 9 2020PLANS to authorise pharmacist immunisers to administer COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) should not be used as part of an interprofessional turf war, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Associate Professor Chris Freeman, believes.
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Pharmacy prices expected to rise
Wednesday | Dec 9 2020ALMOST 60% of pharmacists who took part in the latest Attain Pharmacy Market Sentiment Survey expect pharmacy business prices to increase in 2021.
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Hospitals key to take home naloxone
Wednesday | Dec 9 2020HOSPITAL pharmacies can play a critical part in identifying individuals at risk of opioid harm, who could benefit from access to take home naloxone, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) believes.
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HMR eligibility criteria change key
Tuesday | Dec 8 2020POLICY-MAKERS are being urged to look at options to improve access to home medicines reviews (HMR) for patients taking multiple medications, by a group of leading Australian pharmacists and health economists.
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Telepharmacy no-brainer
Tuesday | Dec 8 2020IMPLEMENTING legislation to allow telepharmacy to become a permanent feature of healthcare is a "no-brainer" South Australian MP, Connie Bonaros, believes.
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Expand Vic vaccination role: PSA
Monday | Dec 7 2020TRAINED pharmacist immunisers in Victoria should be empowered to administer the full range of vaccines they are training to provide, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Victorian Branch President, John Jackson, believes.
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Pharmacist guilty of in-store rape
Monday | Dec 7 2020SYDNEY-BASED pharmacist, Hany Samir Ibrahim, is set to face a sentencing hearing in Mar 2021 after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent with a patient in a Mascot pharmacy's consultation room.
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Mo-grow success for PSS
Monday | Dec 7 2020A CROSS-PUBLICATION moustache growing campaign by Pharmacy Daily Editor, Nick O'Donoghue, and Australian Journal of Pharmacy Editor, Chris Brooker, has helped raise $2,590 for the Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) in Nov.
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Strategic new president for College
Friday | Dec 4 2020FULLIFE Pharmacies Group Strategic Advisor, Michelle Bou-Samra (pictured), has been named as the Australasian College of Pharmacy's (ACP) new President.
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Unsung hero no more
Friday | Dec 4 2020NORTH Queenland's Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Group's 11 stores are celebrating its Managing Director, Georgina Twomey, being named as a finalist in the Australia Post Online Retail Industry Association Awards' (ORIAS) Unsung Hero Award large retailer category.