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Win some, lose some, RPMA changes
Monday | Jan 4 2021CHANGES to the Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) are set to deliver increased funding for 960 rural and remote pharmacies, however, a number of stores are set to lose out under the new Modified Monash Model for rural classification.
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NAPSA wants student COVAX role
Monday | Jan 4 2021VICTORIA, South Australia and the Northern Territory are being urged to amend legislation to enable trained pharmacy students and interns to administer vaccines to support the rollout of any COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX).
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Absentee owners hurt rural pharmacy
Friday | Dec 18 2020OPPORTUNITIES to expand pharmacy services in rural and remote areas are being lost as a result of disengaged absentee owners, Bourke-based pharmacist, Peter Crothers, believes.
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Guild gets rural voice
Friday | Dec 18 2020FEDERAL Regional Health Minister, Mark Coulton, has announced that the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is to have a permanent seat on the Rural Health Stakeholder Roundtable from 2021.
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Guild honours NSW bushfire heroes
Thursday | Dec 17 2020THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch is honouring members who went above and beyond to support their communities during a crisis-ridden 2020.
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NPSA prepped for seasonal disasters
Thursday | Dec 17 2020PHARMACY wholesalers have strengthened their distribution logistics to provide "additional certainty for the medicine supply chain" ahead of a summer of potential natural disasters, the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) reports.
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MBS access a game changer for QUM
Wednesday | Dec 16 2020MEDICARE Benefits Schedule (MBS) reimbursements to support non-medical practitioner involvement in case conferencing would be a "game changer in improving safe and quality use of medicines (QUM)" the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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Victoria needs primary care push
Wednesday | Dec 16 2020A SURGE in 000 ambulance calls on Mon in Victoria is prompting calls for the State Government to push patients towards primary care providers including pharmacists and GPs.
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Vic ‘simply must fund’ MATOD fees
Tuesday | Dec 15 2020VICTORIAN patients requiring access to medication addiction treatment of dependence (MATOD) have been forced to bear the cost for "far too long", Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone, believes.
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Low dose CBD goes S3
Tuesday | Dec 15 2020PHARMACISTS will be able to provide cannabidiol (CBD) products containing a maximum daily dose of 150mg to patients over-the-counter from 01 Feb 2021, following a move to down-schedule it.
