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Pharmacy owner delivers free flu vax
Wednesday | Jun 17 2020SOUTH Australian pharmacists, Irfan Hashmi and Sobia Irfan, are taking steps to ease the burden on general practice and hospital health services by offering free influenza vaccines to vulnerable groups.
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PotY 2021 to celebrate profession
Wednesday | Jun 17 2020STORIES from the coalface of pharmacies that have gone above and beyond will ensure the efforts made by pharmacy teams will be recognised in the 2021 Pharmacy of the Year (PotY) Awards.
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Aged Care RC key to DAA funding
Wednesday | Jun 17 2020RECOMMENDATIONS from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety could be crucial to securing funding for the packing of dose administration aids (DAAs) for residential patients.
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Wholesalers welcome $92m boost
Tuesday | Jun 16 2020PHARMACEUTICAL wholesalers are set to benefit from a $92 million increase in funding through the Community Service Obligation (CSO) over the next five years.
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Ready willing and able
Tuesday | Jun 16 2020QUEENSLAND'S State Government is being urged to take advantage of the pharmacy workforce to support a rapid rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine should one become available.
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Guild lauds certainty secured in 7CPA
Monday | Jun 15 2020SECURING a deal that delivers certainty for the community pharmacy sector is being hailed as one of the successes of the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA).
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COVID killed off 60-day dispensing
Monday | Jun 15 2020PLANS to introduce "60-day dispensing" are "gone", as a result of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the medicines supply chain, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, believes.
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7CPA NIP clause a ‘significant signal’
Monday | Jun 15 2020MOVES to push State and Territory Governments to open access to National Immunisation Program (NIP) stock to pharmacists are set to be bolstered by a clause in the freshly inked Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA).
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APC revamps CAOP exam
Monday | Jun 15 2020THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has announced significant changes to the Competency Assessment for Overseas Pharmacists (CAOP) examination, as part of a continuous improvement program to ensure it remains fit for purpose.
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‘Hard fought’ 7CPA to boost funding
Friday | Jun 12 2020PHARMACISTS are set to see a 9% increase in dispensing remuneration over the next five years under the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) (PD breaking news).