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Medicinal cannabis trial is promising
Thursday | Sep 7 2023ASX-LISTED Little Green Pharma Limited has hailed the initial results of a new Australian clinical study which has found the use of medicinal cannabis led to significant improvements on patient quality of life.
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CAPS makes more demands at rally
Wednesday | Sep 6 2023AROUND 2,800 people travelled across the country to protest against the 60-Day Dispensing (60DD) policy at a rally in Canberra on 04 Sep, held by the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS).
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Industry updates affecting the future
Wednesday | Sep 6 2023MORE than 1,300 pharmacy owners, pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, students and industry representatives gathered at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney last week, to discuss the future of pharmacy and to embrace the conference theme 'Make every connection matter'.
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Talks disrupted by angry pharmacists
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023A FURIOUS protest in Parliament House by 200 pharmacists disrupted question time yesterday and sparked a warning from the Federal Health Minister that "they had broken a pledge to negotiate the funding deal in good faith", reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Sigma pulls off Summit
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023SIGMA has recently completed the third session of the inaugural Pharmacy Assistant Summit Series, a four-part education series for pharmacy assistants from the Amcal, DDS, Guardian and Pharmasave brands.
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Eye tracking reads gaze
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023MORE than 50% of Australians living in residential aged care facilities have a dementia diagnosis, with aged care services around the world preparing for the number of older people aged 65 years and above to double in the next 30 years.
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MoU helps expand ‘knowledge pool’
Monday | Sep 4 2023TODAY, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) and the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA).
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Canberra rally to protest against 60DD
Monday | Sep 4 2023THE Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) is continuing to "push for concrete action from the gov't over its disastrous 60-Day Dispensing (60DD), despite vague promises by Health Minister Mark Butler to begin negotiations for the Eight Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) and to have it finalised early next year," stated the nascent group's spokesperson, Christine Kelly.
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Qld assistant wins PATY
Monday | Sep 4 2023COLBY Diek from Queensland is the national winner of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year award, announced over the weekend at the joint Pharmacy Connect and the Pharmacy Assistant National Conference (PATY).
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Heart pilot sees uptick
Friday | Sep 1 2023A HEART Foundation pilot program that recalls at-risk Australians via a text message from their GP clinic is being seen as a potential lifesaver.