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Pharmacists get gonged
Wednesday | Jun 5 2019NSW Governor, Margaret Beasley, has honoured two pharmacists for their services to the profession and the broader community at an event in Sydney last month.
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Pharmacy biologics push
Tuesday | Jun 4 2019THE Department of Health has confirmed that effective from this month community pharmacists are able to substitute the biosimilar version of etanercept for patients who are prescribed Enbrel.
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Docs urged to share workload
Tuesday | Jun 4 2019DOCTORS need to stop focusing on "guarding their patch" and let other trained health professionals ease their workloads, a former Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch President believes.
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Pharmacy good for heart
Tuesday | Jun 4 2019A VISIT to the local pharmacy every week is good for medication adherence in elderly patients with a history of heart failure, a European study reveals.
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Pharmacy wages warning
Monday | Jun 3 2019EMPLOYEE pharmacists are likely to be the biggest losers from last month's Federal Election, with their wages set to take another hit, Professional Pharmacists Australian (PPA) warns.
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Time constraint pharmacist stress
Monday | Jun 3 2019TIME constraints are the greatest source of both frequency and intensity of "moral distress" for community pharmacists in the UK, with one in seven describing their distress as "overwhelming", according to a study published in Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy.
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Guild call for vaccination consistency
Monday | Jun 3 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia's Tasmanian Branch President, John Dowling (pictured), has called upon the Australian Government to introduce consistency in the availability of influenza vaccine throughout the country to help manage this year's "flu crisis".
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SHPA Closing the Gap
Monday | Jun 3 2019THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has created a Specialty Practice stream dedicated to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
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TGA Gold Coast Black Salve raid
Monday | Jun 3 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), in conjunction with Queensland Police Services and the Australian Taxation Office, executed a search warrant at business premises on the Gold Coast, Queensland on 09 May.
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Funding stymies RMMRs
Monday | Jun 3 2019REMUNERATION for the Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) program needs to be reassessed to ensure its continued viability, according to a warning from pharmacists working in aged-care.