Headlines
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Digital health consultation
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE Australian Digital Health Agency is inviting input from interested groups and individuals on the Australian National Digital Health Strategy in order to gain "collaboration on co-producing its implementation plan -- the Framework for Action".
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Guild opioid real-time push
Monday | Mar 12 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has reiterated its stance around a co-ordinated real-time monitoring system, as an essential way to deal effectively with opioid abuse and misuse in Australia.
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7CPA on APP2018 agenda
Friday | Mar 9 2018THE Pharmacy Guild will convene a special session at the upcoming Australian Pharmacy Professional (APP) conference to seek input from delegates on the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement.
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Sick-leave tickets a plus
Friday | Mar 9 2018COMMUNITY pharmacists take their responsibilities under the Act seriously, and should at all times comply with guidelines jointly developed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the Guild has said in a formal statement.
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The pharmacy path ahead
Thursday | Mar 8 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released the initial findings of its Community Pharmacy 2025 project, including the results of focus groups and quantitative surveys across the sector.
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Cut cannabis access red tape
Thursday | Mar 8 2018THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has called for an end to the highly bureaucratic, time-consuming and expensive process for prescribing medicinal cannabis products for Australian patients.
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S4 codeine drives Maxigesic
Wednesday | Mar 7 2018LAST month's upscheduling of OTC codeine products to prescription-only has seen sales of AFT Pharmaceuticals' paracetamol/ibuprofen combination Maxigesic roughly double since the beginning of the year.
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With friends like these…
Wednesday | Mar 7 2018COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia ceo Carl Gibson has responded to Monash's Public Health advocate Ken Harvey's letter to the editor in PD last Friday:.
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SHPA explores the future
Wednesday | Mar 7 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) looks beyond traditional pharmacy roles in the latest issue of Pharmacy Growth, Research, Innovation and Training (GRIT).
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TWC raises $1.2m for ovarian cancer
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018TERRYWHITE Chemmart's total fundraising support for Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA) is expected to hit $1,225,550 in this, their 12th year of association, following a month of fundraising activities throughout Feb.
