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Pharmacist-GP rift widens
Tuesday | Aug 15 2017THERE has been a further escalation in the war of words between pharmacy and doctor groups, with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners accusing the Pharmacy Guild and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia of "undermining" collaborative efforts to reduce codeine related deaths.
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Sigma dives on profit warning
Monday | Aug 14 2017SHARES in Sigma Healthcare slumped over 8% on Fri after the company warned its full year profit was likely to be $5 million lower than expected (PD breaking news).
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Pharmacy eHealth support
Monday | Aug 14 2017PHARMACY integration with the government's My Health Record system will be significantly expanded in the near future, with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) signing agreements with a number of additional community pharmacy software vendors.
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Guild strikes back at AMA
Friday | Aug 11 2017THE Pharmacy Guild has blasted the Australian Medical Association's response to the Guild campaign on codeine rescheduling (PD yesterday) as a "disappointing misrepresentation of the Guild's approach".
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Ramsay defends procurement
Friday | Aug 11 2017RAMSAY Health has vigorously defended itself against allegations by the Pharmacy Guild that the company was inappropriately using hospital contracts and trading terms to source medicines for its pharmacies (PD yesterday).
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Top End’s Top Pharmacy Assistant
Friday | Aug 11 2017SALLY Edwards from United Chemists in Tennant Creek (pictured) has been chosen to represent the Northern Territory at the National Finals of the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Ramsay supply questions
Thursday | Aug 10 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has alleged that Ramsay Health may be using hospital medicines purchasing contracts to supply community pharmacies in the Ramsay Pharmacy Group.
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Pharmacy codeine fail – AMA
Thursday | Aug 10 2017"PHARMACIST control of codeine does not work," according to a formal statement from the Australian Medical Association, which has urged all stakeholders to cooperatively implement the TGA decision to reschedule codeine products to prescription only (S4).
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Victoria monitoring laws
Wednesday | Aug 9 2017THE Victorian government will implement the state's own real-time prescription monitoring system in 2018 rather than the planned national Electronic Reporting and Recording of Controlled Drugs (ERRCD) system, with legislation for the project introduced into Victoria's parliament yesterday.
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CMs dominate submissions
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017IF IT were purely down to word count on objections to the Professor Stephen King review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, complementary medicines (CMs) issues, including homeopathy, appear to dominate.