Headlines
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Guild fails pharmacy: AMA
Thursday | Aug 22 2019DISCOUNT pharmacy groups threaten to undermine the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's arguments against deregulation of the sector, an Australian Medical Association (AMA) representative claims.
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Chemist Warehouse drops Jones
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019DISCOUNT pharmacy group, Chemist Warehouse, has bowed to pressure from activists calling on it to drop its sponsorship of radio shock-jock, Alan Jones' show on 2GB, following his controversial comments about New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.
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Rural paper falls short
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019THE complex role community pharmacy plays in regional and remote parts of Australia is not fully appreciated in the National Rural Health Commissioner's (NRHC) consultation paper on allied health services in the bush, the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) believes.
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Priceline, SiSU extend deal
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries (API) will expand the health station offering across the entire national Priceline Pharmacy network, extending its exclusive partnership with SiSU Health Group for a further five years.
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NT uni to drop pharmacy program
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019CHARLES Darwin University in the Northern Territory is set to phase out its pharmacy program over the next two to three years, with the institution telling Pharmacy Daily the course is simply not attracting enough students.
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Ramsay case not civil
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019A CASE brought by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia against Ramsay Health Care relating to pharmacy ownership (PD 17 Sep 2018), has been summarily dismissed by the Supreme Court of NSW.
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Employers liable for harassment: PPA
Monday | Aug 19 2019EMPLOYERS are being warned that they can be held "vicariously liable for acts of sexual harassment by their employees", in the wake of a former pharmacist's revelations that she suffered abuse while an intern with "one of Australia's largest discount pharmacies" (PD 16 Aug).
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World’s best health system
Monday | Aug 19 2019MINISTER for Health, Greg Hunt, speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra last week, announced the launch of Australia's Long Term National Health Plan: to build the world's best health system, which commits an injection of $435 billion, including improved access to medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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Pharmacies must be safe workplaces
Friday | Aug 16 2019PHARMACY owners are being urged to develop and implement internal policies to tackle issues around harassment and bullying, following revelations of sexual harassment in a blog post written by a former pharmacist earlier this month.
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Opioid packs to shrink
Friday | Aug 16 2019MOVES to mandate smaller pack sizes for opioid medications from 01 Jan 2020, are being welcomed by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).