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Optus outage tests staff
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023PHARMACIES that don't rely on the Optus network may have weathered the recent outage, however, as one pharmacy has shown when its customers were affected by the outage, it still caused a major disruption to it.
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Aussies Fess up to having “sneez-iety”
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023RESEARCH commissioned by pharmacy brand Fess reveals Aussies experience 'sneez-iety' in public and behind closed doors.
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Amcal opens new compounding site
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023A NEW Amcal Bakers Compounding Pharmacy has opened in Toowoomba, Qld, on the site of an older pharmacy which served the local community for over 60 years, to address the severe shortage of compounding pharmacies.
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RACGP slams SA decision
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has spoken out against expanded pharmacy prescribing powers in South Australia.
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On-point skin messaging
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023GLOBAL expert in sun protection, La Roche-Posay unveiled its new custom-built, mobile Skin Check Clinic at Bondi Beach this week, aiming to provide 1,000 complementary skin checks during National Skin Cancer Action Week (19-26 Nov), in collaboration with long-time partner Australian early skin cancer detection charity, Skin Check Champions.
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CPC24 to upskill practice
Monday | Nov 20 2023EARLY bird registrations are now open for next year's PSA's Credentialed Pharmacist Conference (CPC24) taking place in Cairns from 03 to 05 May.
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Ego gets under the skin on sunscreens
Monday | Nov 20 2023SUNSENSE partnered with Chemist Warehouse to celebrate the launch of two new sunscreens just in time for summer, and to shine a light on SunSense's partnership with Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA).
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ACT trial expands for pill
Friday | Nov 17 2023CANBERRANS already using an oral contraceptive pill may be able to obtain a re-supply of their contraceptive pill at one of five participating pharmacies as part of a new trial, the ACT Govt has announced yesterday.
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Sainsbury award winners
Friday | Nov 17 2023THREE outstanding pharmacists were recognised at the Emeritus Lloyd Sansom AO Distinguished Lecture Series in Canberra on 13 Nov.
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Butler justifies 60-Day scripts’ impact
Thursday | Nov 16 2023FEDERAL Health Minister Mark Butler told a packed audience that 60-Day prescriptions is not the first time the Guild and a Labor Govt have disagreed on the way forward and won't be the last time.