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AHPRA logos morphing
Thursday | Oct 24 2019THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the 15 National Boards, which regulate over 744,000 practitioners across 16 health professions are rolling out newly modified logos (pictured right), replacing the previous style pictured above.
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PBS no political play thing: McBride
Wednesday | Oct 23 2019FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, is being accused of politicising the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)" by announcing new listings to gain attention.
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Managing health privacy in pharmacy
Wednesday | Oct 23 2019THE Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)has produced a wide-ranging document to support health professionals, including direct reference to pharmacists, to guide them around issues of health privacy.
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Counselling around anti-vaxers
Wednesday | Oct 23 2019PHARMACISTS are universally supportive of the science behind vaccination programs and occasionally are asked how to handle a friend or relative who is anti-vaccination or antiscience/conspiracy theory oriented.
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Samuel launches attack on pharmacy
Tuesday | Oct 22 2019CLAIMS that patients in regional parts of Australia are paying five times more for some medicines than their metropolitan peers, are being dismissed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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PSA QLD honours West
Tuesday | Oct 22 2019QUEENSLAND pharmacists Gary West of Mermaid Waters (Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal), Vivien Hsu from Surfers' Paradise (Bowl of Hygeia Pharmacist of the Year), Brisbane's Nicolette Ellis (Early Career Pharmacist of the Year) and Emma Dall'Alba, from Malanda outside of Cairns (James Dare Graduate of the Year) have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the health of Queenslanders in the Queensland Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) President's Awards presented at the Queensland Annual Therapeutic Update in Brisbane last weekend.
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PSA Tas marks success
Tuesday | Oct 22 2019THE sixth annual Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Tasmanian Pharmacist Dinner in South Hobart this week saw Tasmanian pharmacists honoured for their outstanding contributions to the health of Tasmanians in the Tasmanian Pharmacist Awards.
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Guild ordered to pay Ramsay costs
Monday | Oct 21 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has been ordered to pay Ramsay Health Care's costs following the dismissal of its case against the Australian Securities Exchange-listed business was dismissed (PD 20 Aug).
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NICE pharmacy standards
Monday | Oct 21 2019COMMUNITY pharmacies have a significant role to play in tackling health inequalities, referring patients, signposting and more, pharmacy organisations have said in response to a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) consultation.
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No need for pharmacist Rx – RACGP
Friday | Oct 18 2019PHARMACIST prescribing is "a solution looking for a problem" according to Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) National President, Dr Harry Nespolon.