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CWH hits a six with Cricket Australia
Wednesday | Sep 10 2025CHEMIST Warehouse has announced a new partnership with Cricket Australia, with the retail giant named as the official pharmacy partner of the men's and women's national teams.
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Psychotropic use in aged care down
Wednesday | Sep 10 2025AUSTRALIAN researchers have reported encouraging downward trends in the use of psychotropic medications in residential aged care (RAC) facilities, suggesting that reforms introduced in the wake of the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety have had a positive effect.
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APC welcomes NSW full-scope training
Tuesday | Sep 9 2025THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has applauded the announcement from NSW Premier Chris Minns that the University of Technology Sydney and University of Newcastle are aiming to offer full-scope training for community pharmacists from 2026 (PD 05 Sep).
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Teens seek pharmacist advice
Tuesday | Sep 9 2025NEW research conducted by Monash University has revealed that community pharmacists are well-placed and keen to provide adolescents with contraception information and services, but felt they needed additional training in this area.
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BP cuffs wrong size for many
Tuesday | Sep 9 2025FINDINGS from a recent Australian study investigating blood pressure (BP) monitor cuffs supplied with in-home devices have raised concerns that many Australians are at risk of inaccurate BP readings due to an inappropriately sized cuff.
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PATY awarded to Jessica Brown of Vic
Monday | Sep 8 2025JESSICA Brown, from Emerald Village Pharmacy in Melbourne, has been named the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic 2025 Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY).
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Communication is key, says PDL
Monday | Sep 8 2025HELPFUL resources are available to help pharmacists assist patients who may have difficulty understanding health-related information, including a free translation and interpretation service and multilingual health information.
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GSK prize to accelerate AI diagnostics
Monday | Sep 8 2025WORLD-LEADING virologist from the University of Sydney, Professor Edward Holmes, has been awarded the 2025 GSK Award for Research Excellence for his pioneering use of metatranscriptomics and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify viruses, improve diagnostics, and better understand how infectious disease epidemics emerge.
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NSW Govt announces uni scope training
Friday | Sep 5 2025IN his keynote address at Pharmacy Connect this morning, NSW Premier Chris Minns (pictured) announced that the University of Newcastle and the University of Technology Sydney will offer full-scope training for community pharmacists from first semester 2026 (PD breaking news).
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Embracing digital key to success
Friday | Sep 5 2025THE opening plenary of Pharmacy Connect 2025 kicked off yesterday with a state of the industry panel discussion, with the eighth community pharmacy agreement (8CPA), digital health, technology and scope of practice prominent talking points.
