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PBS meds unaffordable
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022INCREASES to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment are part of a "dangerous trend" making critical medicines unaffordable for Australians, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Professor Trent Twomey, warns.
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Qld to unleash pharmacy’s potential
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022QUEENSLAND Health is being urged to empower the State's pharmacist and allied health workforce to operate to their full scope of practice to boost patient outcomes, by an expert advisory group.
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SA gets training boost
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022REGIONAL and remote South Australian communities are set to benefit from the Federal Government's Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program, with Flinders' University receiving $1.94 million in funding to deliver placements from its campuses in Murray Bridge and Berri.
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Staff shortages hit British pharmacies
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022WORKFORCE shortages are hitting British pharmacies, with at least one store being forced to close for "a number of days", while other stores have cut opening hours, the Swindon Advertiser reports.
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Diseased livers undergo sex-change
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022RESEARCH from the University of Queensland has found that the livers of men diagnosed with hepatic diseases change sex as part of a potential self-protective mechanism.
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AHPRA backs English tests
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022COVID-19-INDUCED disruption to English language tests has prompted the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to acknowledge additional testing services.
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Guild ‘gobsmacked’ by AMAQ claims
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022THE Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) is being urged to stop putting profits before patients, as the turf war between the medical profession and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia heats up.
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Dispensary Corner 22 Feb 22
Tuesday | Feb 22 2022KANSAS-BASED pharmacist, Gregory Burger, is warning that legislation to compel pharmacists to dispense prescribed medicines for COVID-19, being considered by the State's legislators, could have serious health consequences.
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RACGP continues attacks on NQPSPP
Monday | Feb 21 2022POLITICAL donations rather than patient safety may be driving the proposed North Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot (NQPSPP), the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) claims.
