Headlines
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TerryWhite Chemmart’s top pharmacist
Thursday | Apr 19 2018TERRYWHITE Chemmart's Pharmacist of the Year, Karen Brown of TerryWhite Chemmart Samford, was announced this week at a gala dinner held at the Pullman Hotel, Melbourne.
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King review outcome soon
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed that the government's response to the controversial King Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation will be handed down in about four weeks' time.
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New ‘Pharmacy to Home’ service
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with supply chain solutions company Kings Group to launch its Pharmacy to Home Delivery Service through Gold Cross Products and Services.
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Pharmacy staff underpaid
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018FURTHER details have emerged of a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigation into three Sydney pharmacy proprietors penalised for underpaying a staff member by more than $62,000 (PD 14 Feb).
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New PBS cancer listings
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE government has announced several new cancer medicines to be subsidised via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, with health minister Greg Hunt saying the move shows the Coalition's commitment to the PBS is "rock solid".
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National RTPM proposed
Monday | Apr 16 2018AUSTRALIA'S federal, state and territory health ministers have jointly agreed to "progress national real-time prescription monitoring" (RTPM), with the update revealed in a communiqu from the Council of Australian Governments Health Council meeting in Sydney on Fri.
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COAG cannabis proposal
Friday | Apr 13 2018FEDERAL Health Minister Greg Hunt will today propose to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) new procedures that would facilitate patient access to medicinal cannabis across the country within 48 hours, assuming national responsibility for the approval process in lieu of state control.
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PBS chemo ID mandatory
Friday | Apr 13 2018THE Health Department has reminded pharmacies that the inclusion of the Compounder ID field within a claim for PBS items under the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy program became mandatory from 01 Dec 2017.
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Free Health Check
Thursday | Apr 12 2018PRICELINE Pharmacy will make its Women's Health Checks free for a month, with a target of assisting 50,000 women across the country.
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Chemsave-AuMake alliance
Thursday | Apr 12 2018ASX-LISTED retailer AuMake International and privately owned Chemsave have announced the formation of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the brands and broadening their reach among daigou and Chinese tourists.
