News
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Indigenous health a priority
Friday | Aug 6 2021PHARMACISTS are being urged to play their part in Closing the Gap to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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American ‘pie questions COVAX rollout
Friday | Aug 6 2021WITH Victoria now in its sixth COVID-19-induced lockdown, Collingwood Football Club's US ruckman, Mason Cox, has asked why pharmacists haven't been playing a greater role in Australia's vaccination campaign.
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TGA performance
Friday | Aug 6 2021THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking stakeholder feedback about its performance over the last 12 months through an online survey.
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Dispensary Corner 06 Aug 21
Friday | Aug 6 2021IT MAY seem like unnecessary advice to have to give, but Irish teenagers are being urged to steer clear of beer before going for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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PPE access not good enough: Guild
Thursday | Aug 5 2021POLITICAL pledges to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) from the National Medical Stockpile to community pharmacies are not coming to fruition with Primary Health Networks (PHNs) repeatedly failing to deliver, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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‘Take the wins as they come’ – Hunt
Thursday | Aug 5 2021PHARMACY lobby groups will be able to continue to push for fairer remuneration for members of the profession administering COVID-19 vaccines as part of the Government's ongoing review of its rollout program.
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WA Forum to set scope for post-COVID
Thursday | Aug 5 2021THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia Western Australian Branch is anticipating State Premier, Mark McGowan, will announce plans to extend pharmacist's scope of practice, when he addresses the Pharmacy WA Forum later this month.
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Tocilizumab shortage update
Thursday | Aug 5 2021PHARMACISTS and GPs are being urged to advise patients using tocilizumab (Actemra) to contact their rheumatologist, with supply shortages expected to continue until Jan 2022.
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Sigma solution
Thursday | Aug 5 2021SIGMA Healthcare is offering pharmacy owners support to better manage their stores' books through its Sigma Financial Services arm.
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COVID-19 ‘vaccine snobbery’ in decline
Thursday | Aug 5 2021BOTH the AstraZeneca (AZ) and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines are "good vaccines", that have a role to play in protecting the Australian public from the pandemic virus, Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, believes.