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Events Calendar 18 Nov 16
Friday | Nov 18 2016WELCOME to Pharmacy Daily's events calendar, opportunities to earn CPE and CPD points.
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Pharmacy diabetes role
Friday | Nov 18 2016COMMUNITY pharmacist Peter Rushton, presenting to the Western Sydney Diabetes Forum earlier this month (PD 03 Nov), said pharmacists should become more familiar with the diabetes patient journey.
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Monash researchers win GSK award
Friday | Nov 18 2016MONASH University researchers exploring what they call "dimmer switch" medicines that could help patients with obesity, diabetes and schizophrenia, have won the prestigious GSK Award for Research Excellence.
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SHPA to transform
Friday | Nov 18 2016SOCIETY of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) ceo Kristin Michaels has opened the Medicines Management Conference in Perth with a speech claiming SHPA is "not the largest pharmacy organisation but it is the only pharmacy organisation that is focused on, and can deliver, better, cost-effective health care".
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Finding forms tool
Friday | Nov 18 2016HEALTH professionals will now find it much easier to locate the correct form for almost any dealing with the government, thanks to a new 'Help me find a form' tool provided by the Department of Human services.
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Epic accreditation
Friday | Nov 18 2016EPIC Pharmacy has announced it will be the first private sector pharmacy to be granted provisional accreditation to participate in the inaugural SHPA Residency Training (PD 15 Sep 16) beginning 2017.
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TGA consultation low
Friday | Nov 18 2016FEEDBACK from a survey conducted amongst Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) stakeholders in July this year has indicated that the organisation generates high levels of trust and confidence in outcomes but does not appear to be highly consultative or collaborative.
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Dispensing fee Guild push
Friday | Nov 18 2016THE Pharmacy Guild is believed to be pushing the government for an increase in dispensing fees, after PBS prescription volumes for 2015/16 were significantly lower than forecast under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement.
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Patients back pharmacy services
Friday | Nov 18 2016CONSUMERS have ranked blood pressure testing, closely followed by diabetes services and receiving vaccinations as the most essential services when visiting their pharmacist, according to the latest Pharmacy Guild of Australia's Customer Experience Index (CEI).
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