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Harvey slams ‘light touch’
Tuesday | Nov 29 2016HEALTH activist Ken Harvey has once again highlighted the "craziness and consequences of the current 'light touch' regulation of complementary medicines in Australia".
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Meds name change kits
Tuesday | Nov 29 2016WITH changes of medicine names to align with international spellings now impacting on a number of locally dispensed products, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has released educational posters and leaflets to help healthcare professionals communicate with their patients.
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Terry White board evolves
Monday | Nov 28 2016FOUNDER and chair of the Terry White Group (TWG) Terry White and his wife and co-founder Rhonda White will take more of a back seat in a restructure of the group's board of directors, announced at the Annual General Meeting.
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Fred IT seals Sigma deal
Friday | Nov 25 2016THE multi-million dollar deal between Sigma Pharmaceuticals and the Fred IT group (PD breaking news) will support the technology requirements of more than 700 pharmacies across Australia.
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Dispensing laws to change
Friday | Nov 25 2016HEALTH Minister Sussan Ley tabled legislative changes to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2016 in Federal Parliament yesterday, including key alterations to day of death dispensing and location rules for temporary premises in the event of a disaster.
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No vax, no school
Thursday | Nov 24 2016PROPOSED changes to the NSW Public Health Act could see unvaccinated school students banned from classrooms during disease outbreaks.
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Hospital placements urged
Thursday | Nov 24 2016PHARMACY students should be required to undertake at least a three week hospital placement in the third or fourth year of their degree, according to a new position statement from The National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association this week.
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Guild confirms risk stoush
Wednesday | Nov 23 2016GUILD President George Tambassis last night confirmed that the Guild was currently in discussions with the government about the "risk share" arrangement in the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, which could see additional dispensing payments made to pharmacists to compensate them for lower than expected script volumes (PD Fri).
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Turnbull, Shorten back pharmacy
Wednesday | Nov 23 2016PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) and opposition leader Bill Shorten both expressed support for the existing community pharmacy model, in speeches during the annual Guild Parliamentary Dinner at Parliament House, Canberra.
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SHPA workforce paper
Tuesday | Nov 22 2016AUSTRALIAN hospital pharmacy professionals are under-utilised compared to their OECD peers and have limited opportunity for career advancement, according to a white paper released by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.