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National RTPM expected this year
Monday | Feb 10 2020FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, is urging State and Territory governments to act now to deliver a nationally integrated real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) system to bolster medicines safety.
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Reputation depends on ethical pricing
Monday | Feb 10 2020COMMUNITY pharmacy's reputation depends on pharmacists acting fairly and ethically amid accusations that some groups have increased the prices of face masks in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Pharmacists crisis roles
Monday | Feb 10 2020COMMUNITY pharmacists should be at the centre of State and Territory Governments' responses to disasters, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone, believes.
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Locums name price as shortages hit
Friday | Feb 7 2020DEMAND for pharmacists is on the rise as pharmacy owners struggle to fill roles, while locums are now able to set their rates, a pharmacy recruiter says.
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PDL’s generic warning
Friday | Feb 7 2020PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited (PDL) is warning pharmacists they could face disciplinary action if they make generic substitutions where it has not been authorised.
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Guild clarifies AMAQ’s script errors
Thursday | Feb 6 2020LAST minute efforts by medical organisations to encourage Queensland State MPs to pull the pin on a state-wide trial of pharmacist prescribing are seeking to deliberately misinform and mislead, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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States and Territories need RTPM now
Thursday | Feb 6 2020RISING numbers of opioid-related deaths highlight the need for state and territory governments to introduce real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM), Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone believes.
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Instant Script worries
Thursday | Feb 6 2020PHARMACISTS are better placed to provide patient care than an algorithm, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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Expanded scope delivers savings
Wednesday | Feb 5 2020INTERNATIONAL evidence shows governments that have supported pharmacists working to their full scope of practice have reaped savings and improved primary care capacity, 2018 Churchill Fellowship recipient, Lucy Walker notes.
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SHPA’s $101m pitch
Wednesday | Feb 5 2020GREATER Federal Government funding for hospital and aged care pharmacy services could reap significant savings, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) believes.
