News
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Sep deadline looming
Wednesday | May 10 2023IN HIS Budget handed down last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed the increase of maximum dispensing quantity to 60 days for more than 300 PBS-listed medicines, will be phased in from 01 Sep for stable, chronic health conditions, "cutting the number of visits to a pharmacy and GP each year and saving $1.6b in out-of-pocket costs over four years" (PD breaking news).
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Gilbert heads Signature
Wednesday | May 10 2023GLENN Gilbert has been appointed as CEO and Managing Director of Signature Oncology Pty Ltd effective 09 Jun.
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Diet cycling can impact our cognition
Wednesday | May 10 2023A UNSW Sydney study in rats, published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, shows that cycling between a healthy and unhealthy diet impacts a person's spatial memory.
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Budget dollars
Wednesday | May 10 2023ALONGSIDE the 60-day dispensing measure, the Federal Budget funding includes $114.1m over four years for pharmacists to administer vaccines under the National Immunisation Program (limited by state-based legislation).
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Key differences
Wednesday | May 10 2023WHOLELIFE Pharmacy and Healthfoods has five key differences on how their brand operates such as stocking local products which has led to an increase in basket sizes.
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Review hours and services on offer
Wednesday | May 10 2023PHARMACY Guild President Trent Twomey has stressed that the Govt's $3.5b cut through the 60-day dispensing measure "will, unfortunately, mean pharmacists will need to make tough decisions that will see some shut their doors and others shut on weekends, opening later in the morning or closing early in the evening and it will mean patients miss out on vital medicines and health services.
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Confidence dips
Wednesday | May 10 2023ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was down 2.1pts to 77.7 this week and has now spent 10 straight weeks below the mark of 80.
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Clomiphene Rx
Wednesday | May 10 2023THE NSW Branch of the Guild is reminding pharmacists that legal requirements exist for prescriptions for clomiphene (due to the risk of causing multiple ovulation).
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NSW Guild event
Wednesday | May 10 2023THE NSW Branch of the Pharmacy Guild is inviting its members to attend a social networking reception held on 17 May in the Newcastle/Hunter region.
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Pay the ransom!
Wednesday | May 10 2023THE Federal Govt is considering banning ransom payments as part of its cybersecurity strategy overhaul, however, business leaders and the insurance industry have cautioned against that, arguing payments may be justified in cases where the data breach could put peoples' lives at risk, or threaten critical infrastructure.
