Headlines
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COVID ‘cures’ come with warning
Tuesday | Apr 7 2020Patients following up on "promising" research suggesting head lice treatment, Ivermectin, could be used to tackle COVID-19 are being urged to "think again" before buying it.
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Nespolon vax comments ‘alarming’
Tuesday | Apr 7 2020CLAIMS that expanding the range of locations where pharmacists can administer influenza vaccinations would be a "recipe for disaster" (PD yesterday), are "alarming", consultant pharmacist, Karalyn Huxhagen, says.
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Bandit held over robbery
Tuesday | Apr 7 2020NSW Police have charged a 40-year-old man in relation to an armed robbery at a pharmacy in Sydney's Inner West on Sun night.
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RACGP flu vax criticism out of tune
Monday | Apr 6 2020CLAIMS that allowing pharmacists in Victoria to provide National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccination services in aged care facilities and workplaces, as of 01 Apr, is a "recipe for disaster" are being dismissed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Concerns for one-pharmacy towns
Monday | Apr 6 2020RURAL pharmacists operating in single pharmacy towns are pleading with the Federal Government to introduce a funding package to enable them to keep their doors open should a staff member be forced into isolation as a result of COVID-19.
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ACT acts on COVID crisis
Monday | Apr 6 2020PHARMACY'S peak bodies have backed the ACT Government's decision to implement emergency dispensing measures, allowing pharmacists to dispense maximum Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme quantities to patients without a prescription (PD breaking news).
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RACGP calls for COVID collaboration
Friday | Apr 3 2020PHARMACISTS and general practitioners need to work together to educate the public about COVID-19, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Chair, Dr Charlotte Hespe, believes.
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PSA flags telehealth frustrations
Friday | Apr 3 2020PHARMACISTS are facing an increased administrative burden as a result of the rollout of general practitioners' telehealth consultation, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Dr Chris Freeman, says.
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Pharmacy needs certainty: Bowen
Thursday | Apr 2 2020SIGNING the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) is more urgent than ever, with Australia facing the threat of COVID-19, Shadow Federal Health Minister, Chris Bowen, says.
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Give us access to NIP flu vax stock
Thursday | Apr 2 2020PHARMACISTS across the country should be allowed to administer influenza vaccinations funded through the National Immunisation Program (NIP), as part of a campaign to boost vaccine uptake, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.