Headlines
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CWH Federal Court win
Thursday | Jun 6 2019DISCOUNT pharmacy group, Chemist Warehouse (CWH), is set to add a strategically located pharmacy to its portfolio of stores, when the Federal Court issues its ruling on a case involving a Tasmanian store.
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RMMRs insufficient: SHPA
Thursday | Jun 6 2019RESIDENTIAL medication management reviews (RMMRs) are not sufficient to address the "disproportionate number of medication complications" in aged care facilities, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) believes.
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Pharmacists adopt MHR
Wednesday | Jun 5 2019THE Australian community pharmacy sector has been hailed for its support of the Government's My Health Record System, after the release of new data from the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) indicating record sign-ups over the past 12 months.
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Pharmacy remoteness measure
Wednesday | Jun 5 2019THE Pharmacy Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA) values for the 2019/20 financial year have been updated and posted as a series of spreadsheets on the University of Adelaide website - CLICK HERE.
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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.