News
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Pharmacy4Less on top
Friday | Sep 7 2018THE annual Canstar Blue "most satisfied customers" award for pharmacy has been won by Pharmacy4Less, with the chain edging out Blooms, Pharmacy Warehouse, Cincotta and The Friendlies.
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White a true pro
Friday | Sep 7 2018TERRY White Chemists Group co-founder Rhonda White has been appointed as the inaugural Pro Chancellor of Griffith University.
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Turn the Beat Around
Friday | Sep 7 2018DISCOUNT pharmacy group Discount Drug Stores (DDS) has determined to "Turn the Beat Around" during this National Stroke Week 03-09 Sep with its free heart health screening.
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Minor ailments tick
Friday | Sep 7 2018THE Scottish Government has announced plans to extend a community pharmacy minor ailments scheme (MAS)nationwide, following a successful pilot in Glasgow, a report in the Pharmaceutical Journal says.
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PBS calculations
Friday | Sep 7 2018THE Department of Health has added new example calculations of patient charges for PBS prescriptions to its "Information for Pharmacists" page.
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AHPRA cultural training tender
Friday | Sep 7 2018THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is seeking tenders from experienced parties to develop and deliver Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety training.
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Diclofenac cardiac link
Friday | Sep 7 2018NSAID diclofenac is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in the first 30 days of use when compared with ibuprofen, naproxen and paracetamol, according to a study published in the BMJ.
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Patient prioritisation
Friday | Sep 7 2018USING a hospital clinical pharmacy patient prioritisation tool could save pharmacists up to an hour per 25-bed ward, according to a study conducted at Barts Health NHS Trust, London, and presented at the FIP congress in Glasgow on 04 Sep - see ejhp.bmj.com.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Sep 7 2018
07 Sep 18THE internet is alive with reports from a pharmacy in Portland, Vic which appears to have had an unusual visitor last week.
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