Headlines
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Access to MMRs down
Tuesday | Oct 29 2019PATIENT access to medication management reviews (MMRs) is in decline, the Commonwealth Department of Health's 2018/19 Annual Report reveals.
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Poll shows public backs deregulation
Tuesday | Oct 29 2019AN ONGOING News Corp poll is showing a public appetite for reforms of the Pharmacy Location Rules in the wake of repeated claims that regional pharmacies are charging up to three-times more than discounters.
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The Chemist Miranda blooms
Tuesday | Oct 29 2019BLOOMS The Chemist has presented the Blooms 2019 Chemist Store of the Year Award to Blooms The Chemist Miranda, NSW.
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NSW’s $1m mental health pledge
Monday | Oct 28 2019PHARMACISTS in regional NSW will be able to access mental health training to support patients living in drought affected communities, through a $1 million program.
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Deregulation carries risk
Monday | Oct 28 2019HEALTH expenditure could blow-out if moves to deregulate the pharmacy industry were to be enacted, Medici Capital Managing Director, Frank Sirianni, warns.
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Capital challenges open dereg door
Friday | Oct 25 2019COMMUNITY pharmacy needs to consider structural solutions to the challenges of accessing equity capital or risk deregulation, pharmacy owners were told at the Medici Capital/Attain Business Brokers Pharmacy Dinner in Sydney on Wed.
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Priceline & Clear Skincare lift API
Friday | Oct 25 2019GROWTH in market share and contributions from each of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries' (API's) Priceline Pharmacy, Consumer Brands and Clear Skincare businesses, together with solid cash generation and stable market share from the pharmacy distribution business, have boosted the company's earnings, the company reported to the Australian Securities Exchange.
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Expanded scope support
Friday | Oct 25 2019THE Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced strong support for the "expanded role of pharmacists in improving the management of chronic disease and illness and in the provision of government healthcare programs".
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New Qld Guild Director
Thursday | Oct 24 2019GERARD Benedet has been named as the new Director for the Queensland Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Vic holds on cannabis policy
Thursday | Oct 24 2019VICTORIA will not follow the lead of NSW and Queensland in streamlining the approval process for prescribing Schedule 8 (S8)cannabis medications.