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PDL’s generic warning
Friday | Feb 7 2020PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited (PDL) is warning pharmacists they could face disciplinary action if they make generic substitutions where it has not been authorised.
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Guild clarifies AMAQ’s script errors
Thursday | Feb 6 2020LAST minute efforts by medical organisations to encourage Queensland State MPs to pull the pin on a state-wide trial of pharmacist prescribing are seeking to deliberately misinform and mislead, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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States and Territories need RTPM now
Thursday | Feb 6 2020RISING numbers of opioid-related deaths highlight the need for state and territory governments to introduce real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM), Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone believes.
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Instant Script worries
Thursday | Feb 6 2020PHARMACISTS are better placed to provide patient care than an algorithm, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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Expanded scope delivers savings
Wednesday | Feb 5 2020INTERNATIONAL evidence shows governments that have supported pharmacists working to their full scope of practice have reaped savings and improved primary care capacity, 2018 Churchill Fellowship recipient, Lucy Walker notes.
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SHPA’s $101m pitch
Wednesday | Feb 5 2020GREATER Federal Government funding for hospital and aged care pharmacy services could reap significant savings, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) believes.
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Disaster dispensing reform required
Tuesday | Feb 4 2020PHARMACISTS should have the authority to dispense standard size packs of prescription medicines without a script in emergency situations, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Queensland Branch, believes.
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N95 masks the new baby formula
Tuesday | Feb 4 2020PHARMACISTS are reporting stocks of N95 face masks, hand sanitiser and alcohol swabs are being bought up by customers intent on shipping them overseas, as fears over the threat of coronavirus grow.
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RACGP quits Qld trial
Tuesday | Feb 4 2020CONCERNS over pharmacists misdiagnosing patients are behind the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Queensland Branch's decision, to abandon its role in the states pharmacy prescribing trial advisory group.
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Monthly dispensing ideal for patients
Monday | Feb 3 2020CALLS to implement 60-day dispensing as part of the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) could lead to poorer patient outcomes, 2018 Churchill Fellowship Recipient and former Pharmacy of the Year winner, Lucy Walker, warns.