Headlines
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PSA prescribing proposal
Tuesday | Apr 16 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its response to the Pharmacy Board of Australia's current discussion paper on pharmacist prescribing, saying "collaborative prescribing by pharmacists [would] improve Australians' access to safe and effective healthcare".
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PBS “crumbling”: Guild
Monday | Apr 15 2019PHARMACISTS are being urged to put their votes behind "the major party that acknowledges the current problems" facing the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) at the 18 May election.
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PSA seeks 7CPA assurances
Monday | Apr 15 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) wants the Labor Party to guarantee that the Society will be a signatory to the 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement.
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AMA slams Pharmacy Board
Friday | Apr 12 2019THE Australian Medical Association has warned that current Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) proposals to allow pharmacist prescribing represent a "fundamental undermining" of the national governance framework and process for non-medical health practitioners to apply to prescribe.
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Guild urges GPs to get on board
Thursday | Apr 11 2019DOCTORS need to stop debating when is the ideal time to get vaccinated, and start promoting opportunistic influenza vaccination programs, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone believes.
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TGA “natural” guidance
Thursday | Apr 11 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is developing a new policy on the use of the terms "natural" and "naturally derived" after a meeting of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Consultative Committee (TGACC) last month.
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Guild stalling progress?
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019PHARMACISTS are failing to reach their full professional potential because the Pharmacy Guild of Australia wants to maintain the status quo, a former civil servant believes.
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Guild seeks Liberal letter
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019SENIOR officials from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week to discuss the government's support for community pharmacy.
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Pharmacist reprimanded
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019A NSW pharmacist has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct resulting from a referral by the state's Health Care Complaints Commission, and has been issued with a reprimand with a suite of conditions.
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Health literacy self care key
Tuesday | Apr 9 2019MEN'S health literacy and self care is addressed in a new report from Global Action on Men's Health (GAMH), Who Self-Cares Wins: A global perspective on men and self-care.