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Pharmacists working to pay childcare
Tuesday | Oct 13 2020HIGH childcare costs are blocking new parents from returning to the pharmacy workforce, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) President, Dr Geoff March, believes.
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PSA issues Qld election 2020 wishlist
Tuesday | Oct 13 2020GREATER injection rights, a Chief Pharmacist and funding for transition-of-care pharmacists are on the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Queensland Branch's State election wish-list.
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PATY finalists named
Tuesday | Oct 13 2020THE eight finalists for the 2020 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) have been named with the winners of the State and Territory awards set to go head-to-head on 30 Oct in a virtual event.
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Keep emergency measures: Qld Inquiry
Monday | Oct 12 2020TEMPORARY emergency dispensing and digital image prescribing measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic should be made permanent, a Queenland State Parliamentary Committee believes.
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Provisional determination for COVAX
Monday | Oct 12 2020ASTRAZENCA'S COVID-19 vaccine candidate (ChAdOx1-S) has moved a step closer to gaining provisional registration, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) granted a provisional determination in relation to it on Fri.
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Pharmacist facing prison
Monday | Oct 12 2020NEW York-based pharmacist, Dimitrios Lymberatos, is facing up to 40 years behind bars after allegedly posting cocaine to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who was probing his store.
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Childcare costs hit pharmacy workers
Friday | Oct 9 2020RISING costs of childcare are impacting pharmacists' ability to maintain full-time working hours, an Australian Labor Party (ALP) MP is warning.
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Webstercare ranks high for innovation
Friday | Oct 9 2020MEDICATION management company, Webstercare, has been ranked as one of Australian and New Zealand's most innovative companies in the annual list published by the Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine.
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Pharmacy in a year like no other
Thursday | Oct 8 2020BUSHFIRES and the COVID-19 pandemic have seem pharmacies across the country take on multiple challenges in 2020 to meet the needs of patients.
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Research, analysis skills key to future
Thursday | Oct 8 2020PHARMACISTS need to ensure they have skills in research, data analysis and informatics to support their roles in a post-COVID-19 world, Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) Chair, Associate Professor Sue Kirsa, believes.
