Headlines
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Emergency medicines call
Thursday | Feb 21 2019PROMPTED by yet another emergency situation threatening medicines access for patients, namely the tragic Townsville floods, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has called for three key changes around medicines supply to consumers.
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Expanding role in asthma
Thursday | Feb 21 2019THE National Asthma Council of Australia has called for training and funding for pharmacists around asthma management including written asthma action plans (WAAPs).
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EBOS forecasts FY20 growth
Wednesday | Feb 20 2019EBOS says it expects to increase its underlying earnings during the remainder of the current financial year, with further growth forecast into 2019/20 "as we commence servicing the Chemist Warehouse contract volumes".
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Guardian Healthy Kids Guide
Tuesday | Feb 19 2019GUARDIAN Pharmacy has officially released its 2019 Healthy Kids Guide, available nationally only at Guardian Pharmacies until 10 Mar.
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Patient monitoring SaaS
Tuesday | Feb 19 2019PHARMACIES are being urged to adopt a new "Software-as-a-Service" (SaaS) platform allowing remote monitoring of patient vital statistics, as a new revenue-generating model for the sector.
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CM export success story
Tuesday | Feb 19 2019COMPLEMENTARY medicine (CM) exports from Australia almost tripled last year to more than $930 million, according to new official statistics released yesterday.
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Pharmacy students slump
Monday | Feb 18 2019THE Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) has revealed a 14% year-on-year decline in registered pharmacy students in 2017/18.
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Consumers 7CPA input call
Friday | Feb 15 2019THE Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is seeking a voice at the table when negotiations begin for the next Community Pharmacy Agreement (CPA) following confirmation by Health Minister Greg Hunt that the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) will also be involved (PD yesterday).
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Pharmacists’ opioids focus
Friday | Feb 15 2019CONSIDERED one of Australia's most urgent public health crises, opioid-related harm is the central theme in the latest issue of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)'s flagship organ the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR).
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Hunt pharmacy practice push
Thursday | Feb 14 2019FEDERAL Health Minister Greg Hunt has made a commitment to build into the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) "the expanded scope of practice, where pharmacy will be involved increasingly in preventive health.