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Pharmacist numbers rise
Friday | Sep 24 2021NEW registration data from the Pharmacy Board of Australia shows registration numbers are continuing to grow, despite reports of workforce shortages.
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COVAX rollout hits hospital pharmacy
Friday | Sep 24 2021MOVES to second hospital pharmacists to assist in State and Territory COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) clinics is "placing huge pressure on an already constrained workforce", the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) warns.
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RATs a worthwhile investment for ACT
Friday | Sep 24 2021PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Australia ACT Branch President, Renae Beardmore, is calling on the Territory's Government to fund rapid antigen tests (RATs) for community pharmacies.
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Full scope critical for primary care
Thursday | Sep 23 2021HAVING primary care workers operating below their full scope of practise is a "gross inefficiency" that needs to be addressed, Federal Shadow Health Minister, Mark Butler, believes.
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TWC COVAX bookings top 150,000
Thursday | Sep 23 2021COMMUNITY pharmacy network, TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC), is expecting to see a surge in demand for COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) with the rollout of the Moderna mRNA-based shot.
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Pharmacists shaken but back to work
Thursday | Sep 23 2021PHARMACY staff at two pharmacies in the Victorian town of Mansfield near the epicentre of yesterday's magnitude 5.8 earthquake were quick to pick up stock and carry on.
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Qld’s Moderna campaign gets started
Wednesday | Sep 22 2021PHARMACISTS in Queensland are starting to administer Moderna COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) today, with close to 80,000 doses allocated to stores across the state.
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Attacks on TGA staff ‘unacceptable’
Wednesday | Sep 22 2021REPORTS of threats, intimidation and harassment aimed a statff from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), by anonymous anti-vaccination campaigners, are "an unacceptable development", the Public Health Association Australia (PHAA) says.
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Job seekers to join pharmacy sector
Wednesday | Sep 22 2021BRISBANE-BASED job seekers are being urged to take up the Queensland Government's Community Work Skills Program to retrain to work on the frontline in community pharmacies.
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Future bright for Sigma
Tuesday | Sep 21 2021SIGMA Healthcare is on track to meet its goal of delivering an underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITBA) in the 2023 financial year.
