Headlines
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Deprescribing role in memory clinics
Wednesday | Jan 29 2020PHARMACISTS could play a critical role in identifying unnecessary and inappropriately prescribed medicines among patients of memory clinics, researchers believe.
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Wizard bushfire appeal
Wednesday | Jan 29 2020WESTERN Australian pharmacy group, Wizard Pharmacy, has raised $20,000 for bushfire relief and recovery.
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CMA slams Channel 9’s “fake news”
Tuesday | Jan 28 2020COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) has rebuked a recent Channel 9 report which claimed a number of complementary health products had failed to meet safety standards as "fake news".
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KI Koalas cop cream
Tuesday | Jan 28 2020SOUTH Australia-based National Pharmacies is donating much-needed Flamazine Cream to treat koalas and other injured wildlife in the bushfires on Kangaroo Island.
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Landlords force pharmacy closures
Friday | Jan 24 2020RENTAL demands from some landlords are putting pharmacies out of business, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries' (API) CEO, Richard Vincent, believes.
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PC meds safety fail: PSA
Friday | Jan 24 2020PHARMACISTS should be engaged in the delivery of mental health care to improve medication safety, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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PSA hands NSW gov Budget wish list
Thursday | Jan 23 2020POLITICIANS in NSW are being urged to support the expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice to bolster public health outcomes.
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Beauchamp calls time
Thursday | Jan 23 2020COMMONWEALTH Department of Health (DoH) Secretary, Glenys Beauchamp, will stepdown from the position on Fri (PD breaking news).
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Climate change hitting health: PSA
Wednesday | Jan 22 2020TACKLING the impacts of climate change must be a key focus for Federal, State and Territory Governments, and the wider community, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Dr Chris Freeman, believes.
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FWC backs rule changes
Wednesday | Jan 22 2020HONORARY Life Membership of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia will not include "any of the rights or entitlements of membership" to a person who is not otherwise eligible to be a member, under amended rules approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on 17 Jan.
