Headlines
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Hunt ‘doing nothing’ on shortages
Friday | Dec 6 2019LITTLE is being done by the Federal Government to alleviate medicine supply shortages, Australia Labour Party MP, Dr Mike Freelander, believes.
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Cure for overprescribing
Friday | Dec 6 2019HIGH rates of unnecessary prescribing reported in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Australia's Health 2018 report highlights the need for greater integration of pharmacists in medication management roles, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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Pharmacist spared suspension
Thursday | Dec 5 2019A PHARMACIST who self-supplied prescription medications and altered dispensing records has avoided suspension at a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Healthy health practitioners
Thursday | Dec 5 2019HEALTHY practitioners are good for patient safety, according to Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Authority (AHPRA) CEO, Martin Fletcher.
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Rural pharmacy closures just starting
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019THE closure of the Mount Magnet La Croix Pharmacy in Western Australia (PD 02 Dec) could be one of many to go out of business if a Rural Pharmacy Viability Package is not included in the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA), the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) warns.
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Fraud prevention move
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019LEGISLATION designed to cut healthcare fraud is being welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Petition challenges Location Rules
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019PHARMACY'S Location Rules are allegedly leaving 19,000 residents of Minto, Minto Heights and Bow Bowing, NSW, "without reasonable access to the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits" by pharmacist approved under Section 90 of the National Health Act 1953.
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Pharmacy healthcare by numbers
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Authority (AHPRA) Pharmacy Board has published a pharmacy-specific statistical summary and a report from the Chair that covers the work of the Board over the 12 months to 30 Jun 2019, including its consultation around pharmacist prescribing (PD 10 Jan).
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Sigma’s $105m high tech DC investment
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019SIGMA Healthcare unveiled its largest and most technologically advanced distribution centre (DC) ever at Kemps Creek in Sydney last week, to coincide with an investor day and customer showcase evening (PD 26 Nov).
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Rural pharmacy forced out of business
Monday | Dec 2 2019RURAL Western Australian town, Mount Magnet, is set to lose its sole pharmacy after being locked out of a contract to supply a local indigenous health service.
