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WIP cap to limit savings: PSA warns
Monday | Feb 3 2020CAPPING funding for the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) will restrict the savings general practices can achieve by integrating pharmacists into their teams, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) warns.
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Emissions a health issue
Monday | Feb 3 2020WITH every medicine produced inevitably ending up in the global eco-system with potentially hazardous effects, Cochrane has launched a new group focused on sustainable healthcare.
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AMA engages fear and scare tactics
Friday | Jan 31 2020POLITICIANS in Queensland are being urged not to fall for the Australian Medical Association's (AMA's) "unfounded fear and scare tactics" designed to encourage them to withdraw their support for a pharmacist prescribing trail in the State.
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Pharmacists prove value
Friday | Jan 31 2020AUSTRALIA'S bushfire crisis has highlighted the broadening role pharmacists are playing in supporting patients, however the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes the profession needs to be empowered to do more.
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PSA issues Federal Budget wish list
Thursday | Jan 30 2020FRESH funding should be provided for a number of pharmacist-led services in the 2020-21 Federal Budget, to boost medicines safety, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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UK consultation to grow
Thursday | Jan 30 2020BRITISH pharmacists could see their scope expand to cover a broader range of symptoms and minor illnesses, if the NHS England's community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS) proves successful.
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Deprescribing role in memory clinics
Wednesday | Jan 29 2020PHARMACISTS could play a critical role in identifying unnecessary and inappropriately prescribed medicines among patients of memory clinics, researchers believe.
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Wizard bushfire appeal
Wednesday | Jan 29 2020WESTERN Australian pharmacy group, Wizard Pharmacy, has raised $20,000 for bushfire relief and recovery.
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CMA slams Channel 9’s “fake news”
Tuesday | Jan 28 2020COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) has rebuked a recent Channel 9 report which claimed a number of complementary health products had failed to meet safety standards as "fake news".
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KI Koalas cop cream
Tuesday | Jan 28 2020SOUTH Australia-based National Pharmacies is donating much-needed Flamazine Cream to treat koalas and other injured wildlife in the bushfires on Kangaroo Island.