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Rx codeine move success
Thursday | Oct 3 2019THE move to prescription-only codeine in Australia has seen a 50% reduction in the monthly rate of codeine-related poisoning calls and halved codeine sales, according to new research led by the University of Sydney.
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Nine slammed over CWH news “ad”
Wednesday | Oct 2 2019CHANNEL Nine is under fire from pharmacists after airing a news segment on Mon night highlighting discount prescriptions offered by Chemist Warehouse compared to other community pharmacies charging more than three times the price for the same product.
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Schoolies morning-after pill ignorance
Wednesday | Oct 2 2019AROUND half of teenagers on post-graduation "schoolies" holidays are unaware emergency contraception is available and more than one-quarter believe it is harmful, according to a new Australian research study published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
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Pharmacist insurance inclusion
Wednesday | Oct 2 2019FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, has confirmed that pharmacists will be included in newly proposed bipartisan legislation which retains subsidies for high-cost negligence payouts for non-doctor health practitioners.
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Workforce crisis will shut pharmacies
Tuesday | Oct 1 2019COMMUNITY pharmacies will be forced to close if the current workforce crisis is not addressed, a specialist recruitment expert believes.
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Persecuted pharmacist loses asylum claim
Tuesday | Oct 1 2019AN EGYPTIAN pharmacist who claimed his pharmacy had been attacked due to his political activism has had a bid to remain in Australia dismissed.
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Persecuted pharmacist loses assylum claim
Tuesday | Oct 1 2019AN EGYPTIAN pharmacist who claimed his pharmacy had been attacked due to his political activism has had a bid to remain in Australia dismissed.
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Pharmacy Homicide?
Monday | Sep 30 2019AUTHORITIES in Cologne, Germany, have closed three pharmacies and are conducting a homicide investigation after a.
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NSW HCCC bars “miracle healer”
Monday | Sep 30 2019A NATUROPATH who professed to be a "miracle healer" capable of curing cancer, schizophrenia, eczema and other conditions using herbal remedies, has been permanently prohibited from providing health care services, by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC).
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Ethnicity still drives UK pay disparity
Monday | Sep 30 2019PHARMACISTS in the UK are experiencing significant variations in income based on the colour of their skin, according to figures from The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2019 salary and job satisfaction survey.