Headlines
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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.
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Cannabis industry group
Thursday | Feb 14 2019AUSTRALIA'S medicinal cannabis industry licensees have come together to form a national advocacy body to support the fledgling industry achieve health and economic benefits for Australians.
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RACGP slams Heffernan
Thursday | Feb 14 2019ALLEGATIONS about GPs practising so-called "turnstile medicine" by NSW Pharmacy Guild Branch President, David Heffernan, have attracted a robust response from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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PSA unveils 2023 vision
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has this morning released its highly anticipated Pharmacists in 2023 report, highlighting 11 key "system changes" needed for the Australian health system to evolve to better use pharmacists, thus improving access to healthcare.
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Sigma strong to go it alone
Tuesday | Feb 12 2019SIGMA Healthcare has reiterated to shareholders its $75 million underlying profit guidance for 2018/19, signifying the company's "robust business" with an estimated greater than $100 million in cost savings through a proposed restructure (PD breaking news).
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Patients silent on CM use
Tuesday | Feb 12 2019ABOUT two in three patients who use complementary medicines (CMs) do not tell their GP or other health professionals what they are taking, according to a new University of Technology Sydney-led study published this month in the Scientific Reports journal.
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Blackmores slams 60 Minutes
Monday | Feb 11 2019BLACKMORES says a story about complementary medicines broadcast last night on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program was "not accurate, and was unnecessarily alarmist".
