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Preventative health gaps emerging
Wednesday | Aug 11 2021FUNDING community pharmacists to provide in-reach services to aged care facilities could help tackle a growing gap in the uptake of preventative health measures including immunisations, consultant pharmacist, Karalyn Huxhagen, believes.
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Stop stalling, get COVID vaccine now
Wednesday | Aug 11 2021PHARMACISTS and GPs are united in urging patients to stop waiting for a preferred brand of COVID-19 vaccine and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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Moderna needs adolescent approval
Tuesday | Aug 10 2021MODERNA Australia's COVID-19 vaccine needs to be approved for use in adolescents before it is rolled out through community pharmacies in the coming weeks, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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Fair COVAX funding
Tuesday | Aug 10 2021PLANNED incentive payments for GPs to provide in-reach COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) services to workers in aged and disability care should be available to all immunisers, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, says.
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Pharmacy POC testing next step
Monday | Aug 9 2021COMMUNITY pharmacies are set to play a role in boosting access to COVID-19 testing through the use of rapid antigen test kits, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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COVAX fees won’t keep lights on
Monday | Aug 9 2021PAYING community pharmacies $16 to administer COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) will not keep the lights on, one Sydney-based pharmacy assistant (PA) warns.
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Booster boost likely
Friday | Aug 6 2021COMMUNITY pharmacists are likely to play a central role in the administration of COVID-19 vaccine (COVAX) booster shots should they be required, Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, says.
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Govt needs to step up on substitution
Friday | Aug 6 2021RULES around therapeutic substitution are "overly prescriptive" and need to change to ensure pharmacists can support their patients, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Associate Professor Chris Freeman believes.
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PPE access not good enough: Guild
Thursday | Aug 5 2021POLITICAL pledges to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) from the National Medical Stockpile to community pharmacies are not coming to fruition with Primary Health Networks (PHNs) repeatedly failing to deliver, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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‘Take the wins as they come’ – Hunt
Thursday | Aug 5 2021PHARMACY lobby groups will be able to continue to push for fairer remuneration for members of the profession administering COVID-19 vaccines as part of the Government's ongoing review of its rollout program.
