Headlines
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Sub-register gives workforce boost
Tuesday | Sep 29 2020AUSTRALIA'S pharmacy workforce has received a 6.5% boost in the numbers of general, provisional and limited registration holders since Mar, new data from the Pharmacy Board of Australia reveals.
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Rigby ends NPS service
Tuesday | Sep 29 2020PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Australia (PSA) Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Debbie Rigby (pictured), has stepped down as a director of NPS MedicineWise after 12 years with the organisation.
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Victoria must fully use pharmacists
Monday | Sep 28 2020VICTORIA'S new Health Minister, Martin Foley, is being urged to recruit a Chief Pharmacist to ensure the State fully engages with the profession and ensures practitioners work to their full scope.
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Govts have duty to expand vax access
Monday | Sep 28 2020GOVERNMENTS around the globe have a public health duty to expand vaccination coverage through pharmacies, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) CEO, Dr Catherine Duggan, believes.
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Meds caught in go-slow
Monday | Sep 28 2020INDUSTRIAL action being taken by wharfies in Sydney's Port Botany are adversely impacting the country's medicines supply chain, The Daily Telegraph reports.
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PSA honours exemplary pharmacists
Friday | Sep 25 2020PHARMACISTS' Support Service Executive Officer, Kay Dunkley, has been named as the 2020 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Pharmacist of the Year (PotY).
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Hunt’s World Pharmacists Day grants
Friday | Sep 25 2020FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, is marking World Pharmacists Day with the launch of research grants focused on medication safety and medicines interventions by pharmacists.
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Use pharmacy to boost vax access
Friday | Sep 25 2020PHARMACISTS are an invaluable resource for driving immunisation uptake, TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) Chief Pharmacist, Brenton Hart, believes.
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Doctors back prescription e-cigs
Thursday | Sep 24 2020PLANS to make vaporised nicotine products Prescription-Only are being welcomed by medical organisations.
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Vic now a Community of Interest
Thursday | Sep 24 2020VICTORIA is set to be the first State to rollout electronic prescriptions after the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) announced plans to extend its Communities of Interest test program to include the entire state.
