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AMA warns on “scope creep”
Friday | Oct 20 2023DOCTORS are warning of "risks to safety and health resourcing" if the scope of practice of other health professionals such as pharmacists is inappropriately expanded, saying "inappropriate scope creep for the purposes of trying to fill service gaps is a major threat to the health of the community".
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Vic pharmacist training
Friday | Oct 20 2023THE Australasian College of Pharmacy has this morning announced new training courses to support the rollout of the Victorian Community Pharmacist State-wide Pilot, with modules covering travel health, the resupply of select oral contraception for eligible women and the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in those aged 18-65.
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Combat misinformation: FIP
Thursday | Oct 19 2023PHARMACISTS should utilise their expertise to lead the "creation and execution of effective medicines information strategies, while establishing their role as a trusted partner and knowledge base for other healthcare practitioners as the primary resource for obtaining accurate and unbiased medicines information," according to a new policy statement from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
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Editor’s Choice: Swipe on-the-go to put a sparkle on teeth
Thursday | Oct 19 2023AUSTRALIAN oral care brand, White Glo, has developed an on-the-go teeth whitening range that aims to deliver conveniently fast and easy results.
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Register for NMS now
Thursday | Oct 19 2023PHARMACISTS and other industry stakeholders are being invited to register for the National Medicines Symposium (NMS) 2023, which is for the first time being hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQH) (PD 05 Jul).
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Guild’s energy relief deal
Wednesday | Oct 18 2023THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia (NSW Branch) has announced, an industry-first electricity deal exclusively for Guild member pharmacies in both New South Wales and the ACT, starting on 01 Jan 2024.
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Nicotine-infused tea sticks
Wednesday | Oct 18 2023BIG Tobacco firms, including British American Tobacco, are selling heat sticks made from nicotine-infused substances such as rooibos tea (pictured), countering an incoming EU ban on flavoured heated tobacco products.
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60DD letter to doctors
Tuesday | Oct 17 2023THE Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) has written to general practitioners, asking them to be "mindful" when prescribing 60-day prescriptions "unless it is in the patient's financial best interests and meets the clinical guidelines to do so".
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PSA to help identify individual scope
Tuesday | Oct 17 2023THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) last week officially launched the Professional Practice Standards Quality Improvement and Self-Assessment Implementation Program to help community pharmacists better understand and implement the standards into their practice.
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EZZ expands reach to CW
Tuesday | Oct 17 2023ASX-LISTED genomics company EZZ Life Science Holdings has launched 10 of its most popular products into the Chemist Warehouse online marketplace.