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WA pharmacist charged
Friday | Oct 21 2016MEDIA reports surfaced in Western Australia yesterday that a prominent Fiona Stanley Hospital pharmacist is facing charges for stealing heavy-duty opioids and using them in his car.
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MedAdvisor hospital pact
Friday | Oct 21 2016LISTED digital medication adherence platform MedAdvisor has announced an extension of its agreement with Bupa, meaning patients with the health insurer will be offered the MedAdvisor system when they are discharged from certain Healthscope hospitals.
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Trial program “slow rollout”
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty says community pharmacies are "increasingly concerned about the slow rollout of the $50 million Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP)".
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Alliance partners with MPS
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Alliance will take advantage of MPS automated medication management systems in a new partnership aimed at cutting time spent on manual packing.
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API profit surges to $51m
Thursday | Oct 20 2016AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries this morning released its financial results for the year to 31 Aug, with a healthy 18% increase in underlying net profit after tax to $51.4 million.
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US professional services push
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016AMERICA'S National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is urging independent pharmacies to band together in local networks to provide "enhanced services" to their patients.
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Pharmacy diabetes trial
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016HEALTH Minister Sussan Ley has confirmed the in-pharmacy Diabetes Screening Services trial will get under way in November, with about 360 metro, regional and rural pharmacies across Australia expected to take part (PD breaking news yesterday).
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Sigma pharmacy warning
Tuesday | Oct 18 2016SIGMA Pharmaceuticals says it's concerned that the ongoing evolution of the pharmacy sector in Australia has meant "funding for the care side of pharmacy has been compromised".
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Pharmacist health survey
Tuesday | Oct 18 2016Australian pharmacists, interns and pharmacy students are invited to take part in a stress and wellbeing survey being conducted by The Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS), renowned Professor Colin Chapman and Master Research Australasia.
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Mental health Rx $ down
Monday | Oct 17 2016DESPITE an increase in the number of subsidised mental health-related prescriptions being dispensed in Australia, the total bill has dropped by an average of 1.4% per year between 2009--10 and 2013--14, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).