Headlines
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Time to consider options
Thursday | May 21 2020PHARMACY owners are being urged to look beyond the COVID-19 crisis, assess where their businesses struggled, and consider whether they should "cash-in the chips" and sell their stores.
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CPA fails rural and regional patients
Wednesday | May 20 2020COMMUNITY pharmacy's remuneration model is failing to adequately fund rural and regional pharmacists to deliver services to some of Australia's sickest and highest-need patients, the Small Pharmacies Group (SPG) and Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) claim.
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Aged care options needed for COVID
Wednesday | May 20 2020THERAPEUTIC substitution and deprescribing could be key tools in mitigating against the spread of COVID-19 in aged care facilities, US researchers believe.
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Govts urged to protect pharmacists
Wednesday | May 20 2020PHARMACY workers are putting their lives at risk to deliver vital health services throughout the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and need access to testing and personal protective equipment, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) believes.
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Pharmacy rises to COVID challenges
Tuesday | May 19 2020COMMUNITY pharmacy is proving its value through the COVID-19 crisis, with staff going above and beyond for patients, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, believes.
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Kenny named IotY 19
Tuesday | May 19 2020A COMMITMENT to collaborative patient care and a strong vision for the future have seen Captial Chemist Calwell's Lucinda Kenny (pictured) named as the 2019 MIMS/Pharmacy Guild of Australia Intern of the Year (IotY).
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COVID experience key to education
Monday | May 18 2020PHARMACY training programs around the globe need to embrace the lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis to ensure they are prepared for future pandemics, an International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) webinar heard last week.
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Getting messaging right on COVID-19
Monday | May 18 2020PHARMACISTS need to embrace behavioural medicine to get key health messages across to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts believe.
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US pharmacy COVID testing
Monday | May 18 2020PHARMACIES in the USA have been advised that they may temporarily enrol as "independent clinical diagnostic laboratories" during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Complex substitution model starts
Friday | May 15 2020PHARMACISTS in the ACT, Northern Territory and Queensland are set to be able to substitute prescriptions for type-2 diabetes medication, metformin modified-release 500 mg tablets, under the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA) new Serious Medicine Shortage list protocols.