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AACP backs RC report
Tuesday | Nov 12 2019THE Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) has backed the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report's call for improved access to residential medication management reviews (RMMRs).
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Community pharmacy not first choice
Monday | Nov 11 2019PHARMACY graduates are no longer looking at community pharmacy as their first choice career path, Ravens Recruitment General Manager, Heidi Dariz, has revealed.
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Victoria the vax standard: Dowling
Monday | Nov 11 2019VICTORIA'S pharmacist vaccination rules should be the model that all other states and territories follow, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Tasmanian Branch President, John Dowling, believes.
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Pharmacist numbers rise
Monday | Nov 11 2019THE number of pharmacists registered with the Pharmacy Board of Australia is continuing to increase, the latest data from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) reveals.
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Put patients first: Butt
Friday | Nov 8 2019FOCUS on delivering positive outcomes for patients and the rewards will follow, 2019 University of Technology Sydney/Astra Zeneca Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award winner, Brad Butt, believes.
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MedAdvisor signs Sigma
Friday | Nov 8 2019PHARMACY wholesaler Sigma Healthcare, incorporating Amcal, Discount Drug Stores (DDS), Guardian, Pharmasave, Chemist King and WholeLife pharmacy banner groups, has inked a deal with digital medicines management company MedAdvisor (PD breaking news yesterday).
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WA pharmacists to advise on VAD
Thursday | Nov 7 2019PHARMACISTS will be included as part of an expert clinical panel to determine medication protocols for voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Western Australia, Minister for Environment and Disability Services, Stephen Dawson, revealed.
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Rx opioids now causing more harm
Thursday | Nov 7 2019PHARMACEUTICAL opioids are now responsible for far more deaths and poisoning hospitalisations in Australia than illegal opioids such as heroin, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reports.
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AI tackling opioid abuse
Thursday | Nov 7 2019MELBOURNE-BASED startup, Strong Room, is providing facial recognition software to assist pharmacies offering opioid replacement therapy.
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Medicine shortages reporting up 400%
Wednesday | Nov 6 2019MEDICINES shortages are continuing to impact pharmacies across the country, with TACS (Technical And Customer Services)Healthcare Health Policy Specialists, Sharon Leadbitter, reporting a 400% increase in the number of new notifications to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in the 2018/19 year.