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NZ Pharmacy Guild joins PHA
Friday | Sep 29 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand has announced it has become a full member of the Primary Health Alliance, signalling the intent of both organisations to "work collaboratively to further benefit the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders".
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Risk-based CM assessments
Friday | Sep 29 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking feedback on a number of proposed reforms that it says will "deliver a more flexible, predictable, efficient and transparent regulatory framework for complementary medicines (CMs)".
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A remarkable omission
Friday | Sep 29 2017IN AN enthusiastic statement of support for the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's)upscheduling of products containing codeine from S3 to S4, the Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP) has made what Pharmacy Guild national president George Tambassis has called, a "remarkable omission".
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Drug induced deaths in Aust
Thursday | Sep 28 2017HARMFUL drug use continues to be a serious public health issue in Australia with 1,808 drug induced deaths registered in 2016, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report, 'Causes of Death, Australia 2016'.
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CW wins AFL Grand Final
Thursday | Sep 28 2017IN AN Australian first, Chemist Warehouse (CW) is gearing up for a major promotion that will see the Pharmacy group place 100,000 seat cushions filled with premium product on all seats at the MCG ahead of this weekend's 2017 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
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Poor adherence drives reform
Thursday | Sep 28 2017AUSTRALIA'S medicine adherence levels remain "stubbornly low" at between 50% and 60%, and with increasing numbers of patients on five, 10 or more medicines to treat multiple chronic health conditions, there is a crying need for more personalised medicines support delivered through community pharmacies, writes Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director David Quilty in his Forefront editorial.
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Happy Birthday Chemsave
Wednesday | Sep 27 2017CHEMSAVE has announced the addition of its 150th member in the form of a new discount max store in Marsden Park, Qld (pictured).
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White retires from Board
Wednesday | Sep 27 2017QUEENSLAND'S Metro South Health Board chair Terry White (pictured) has announced his retirement from the position, drawing warm tributes from the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick.
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VPA mandates first-aid couch
Wednesday | Sep 27 2017THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority (VPA) has specified that a "first aid couch or similar" is to be in the room where vaccinations are carried out within a pharmacy.
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LARCs less user-dependent
Tuesday | Sep 26 2017LONG acting reversible contraceptive methods, or "LARCs", are less user-dependent in reducing unintended pregnancies and should become more accessible, according to Alison Verhoeven, chief executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).