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Yes Minister, get a jab!
Wednesday | Apr 24 2019HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt needs to stay on top of his game during the current Federal Election - so it's no wonder that he took the opportunity to have a flu immunisation at Chemist Warehouse Mornington earlier this month.
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RACGP accused of fear-mongering
Wednesday | Apr 24 2019THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is being accused of "trying to scare people" with its response to the Qld Government's decision to trial pharmacist prescribing (PD 18 Apr).
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Autonomous prescribing push
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has strongly backed the "autonomous prescribing" model for pharmacists, proposed as one of three options by the Pharmacy Board of Australia in its current consultation on pharmacist prescribing (PD 06 Mar).
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Discharge fears flagged
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019PHARMACISTS are voicing their frustrations that the profession does not have a greater role in ensuring patients safe discharge from hospitals at weekends.
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Drug dealing pharmacists
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019PHARMACISTS are among the 60 US healthcare professionals facing prosecution over alleged health care fraud and opioid peddling.
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CMA hosts world congress
Tuesday | Apr 23 2019COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) this month hosted the World Congress for the International Alliance of Dietary Food Supplement Associations (IADSA ) in Sydney.
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Qld plots pharmacist scripts
Thursday | Apr 18 2019QUEENSLAND Health has confirmed it will operate a state-wide trial seeing pharmacists provide low-risk emergency and repeat prescriptions for the contraceptive pill and antibiotics for urinary tract infections.
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Gender pay gap grows
Thursday | Apr 18 2019WOMEN working for some of the UK's largest community pharmacy groups are likely to earn close to 20% less than the average male employee, according to a report from British pharmacy publisher Chemist + Druggist.
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PD breaking news – API reports $25 million first half net profit after tax
Wednesday | Apr 17 2019Result includes financing costs of Sigma Healthcare share purchase.
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Prescribing “out of scope”
Wednesday | Apr 17 2019GENERAL practitioners hope the Pharmacy Board of Australia will reconsider its plans to support pharmacist prescribing, claiming "burdens on GPs would increase" as a result.