Headlines
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Vax a gateway to service expansion
Monday | Mar 29 2021PHARMACY-BASED vaccination services could be a potential gateway for the expansion of pharmacist-delivered public health services, researchers believe.
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GP shortage concerns
Monday | Mar 29 2021SHORTAGES of GPs in regional areas will end up costing patients and taxpayers, pharmacist turned Federal MP, Emma McBride, warns.
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WA legislates for pharmacist COVAX
Friday | Mar 26 2021PHARMACISTS in Western Australia are the latest to receive the green light to administer COVID-19 vaccinations (COVAX), with the State Government approving legislation to ensure the profession will be eligible to join the Federal Government's planned rollout.
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Vic extends emergency dispensing
Friday | Mar 26 2021STATE and Territory Governments are being urged to follow Victoria's lead in extending emergency dispensing and digital image prescribing orders to ensure patients retain access to critical medications.
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Board issues warning
Friday | Mar 26 2021PHARMACISTS need to use their professional judgement to deny supply of potentially hazardous medicines and ensure their quality control provisions are fit for purpose, the Pharmacy Board of Australia believes.
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Stranded pharmacist flies in supplies
Thursday | Mar 25 2021FLOOD-AFFECTED residents of an aged care facility in Western Sydney will not be forced to go without critical medications after a stranded pharmacist organised for supplies to be airlifted to them.
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PSA QLD celebrates six of the best
Thursday | Mar 25 2021THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's Queensland Branch marked the significant contribution the profession has made to communities across the state at its Annual Therapeutic Update last weekend.
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Pharmacy group raises $15k for RFS
Thursday | Mar 25 2021REGIONAL brigades from the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) are set to share in $15,000 raised through sales of the 2021 Capital Chemist Group's community calendar.
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ANZCA out of touch
Thursday | Mar 25 2021CALLS for doctors not to prescribe medicinal cannabis products for patients living with chronic non-cancer pain, issued by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) are "behind the times", an industry leader believes.
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Out of the fire and into the floods
Wednesday | Mar 24 2021FLOODS across NSW are disrupting pharmacy services, with staff and stores being impacted by the once in 100-years event.
