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Flexible aged care
Friday | Feb 24 2017MINISTER for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, yesterday announced 475 Short-Term Restorative Care places, described as "an innovative new form of flexible aged care that will help older people remain in their own homes for longer after injury or illness".
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$4m for gut research
Friday | Feb 24 2017THE Federal Government this week confirmed it would provide $4 million in funding for Australia's first dedicated micro gut health research centre.
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Risk mgt submissions
Friday | Feb 24 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has released the four submissions that were made relating to the draft document Risk management plans for medicines and biologicals - Australian requirements and recommendations.
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New software alliance
Friday | Feb 24 2017THE Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) is set to merge with the Aged Care IT Vendors Association (ACIVA), with the aim of providing a united voice for the health and aged care IT sector in Australia.
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GSK vaccine video
Friday | Feb 24 2017GLAXOSMITHKLINE general manager Anne Belcher appears in a new video from the company in which she discusses the challenges of vaccine manufacture and GSK's efforts to increase supply.
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Grim UK warning
Friday | Feb 24 2017A lack of understanding of the pharmacy sector by British politicians may ultimately see the end of community pharmacy in the UK, according to Cormac Tobin, md of Celesio UK which is the parent company of Lloydspharmacy.
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Sponsored study biases
Friday | Feb 24 2017IN WHAT amounts to an open challenge to the pharmaceutical industry, a University of Sydney study has found that industry-sponsored studies are more likely to favour products of pharmaceuticals and medical devices than non-industry funded research.
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Telstra Health cancer register delay
Friday | Feb 24 2017THE start date of the proposed National Cancer Screening Register to be developed by Telstra Health (PD 27 May 2016) has been delayed "due to the complexity of assimilating and migrating data from eight state and territory cancer registers".
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Penalty rates revolution
Friday | Feb 24 2017YESTERDAY'S Fair Work Commission decision to reduce penalty rates for pharmacy staff working on Sundays (PD breaking news) would clearly lead to wage cost savings for pharmacy owners, and a pay reduction for employees working those days, according to Mark Nicholson, partner at pharmacy specialist accounting firm Pitcher Pharmacy.
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PD breaking news – Fair Work Commission reduces Sunday penalty rates
Thursday | Feb 23 2017Fair Work Commission reduces Sunday penalty rates.