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APC to fast track oversees professionals
Tuesday | Jan 9 2024THE findings of the Govt's final Kruk Report, an independent review of health practitioner regulatory settings, have highlighted the need for streamlined processes for overseas-trained pharmacists to reduce workforce shortages.
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“Health crisis” with opioid shortages
Monday | Jan 8 2024TODAY, Palliative Care Australia chief executive Camilla Rowland said a "health crisis" was looming, and sick children, the dying and those with chronic pain would be hurt the most, as the number of opioid pain meds in shortage grows.
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Southcity in NSW pilot
Monday | Jan 8 2024SOUTHCITY Pharmacy is one of 11 pharmacies in Wagga Wagga, NSW, participating in the 'Living Well, Your Way' pharmacy screening pilot, a joint initiative of the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network and funded by the NSW Ministry of Health.
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WA access works for UTIs
Friday | Jan 5 2024WESTERN Australian women have embraced the diagnoses and treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection by the state's community pharmacists, confirmed the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Expired COVID vax administered in Tas
Friday | Jan 5 2024THE Tasmanian Department of Health has identified a pharmacy in the north-west of the state where expired COVID-19 vaccines may have been administered.
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Scripts for vaping begin
Thursday | Jan 4 2024FROM the start of this year, every doctor and nurse practitioner will be able to prescribe therapeutic vaping products dispensed only through pharmacies, where clinically appropriate, with the commencement of a new Special Access Scheme pathway.
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Legionnaires’ outbreak
Thursday | Jan 4 2024NSW Health put out an urgent warning last week to people who have visited the Sydney CBD in the past 10 days to look out for symptoms of Legionnaires' disease after seven people were diagnosed in the past three weeks.
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New ‘life-changing’ listings on the PBS
Wednesday | Jan 3 2024AUSTRALIANS who have advanced ovarian cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), cystic fibrosis and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS), now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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PYC turns to Google’s AI
Wednesday | Jan 3 2024PYC Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new generation of RNA therapeutics, has announced plans to work with Google Cloud and other specialised partners to create a new generation of medicines.
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Guild takes aim at cost of medicines
Tuesday | Jan 2 2024MEDICINE costs should be dropping rather than going up - that's the call of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia which on Sun urged the Commonwealth Government to drop the prices of medicines in the current cost-of-living crisis.