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PSA shifts reconciliation reflection to action
Thursday | Mar 19 2026THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has launched its Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2025-2027 (RAP) today, in recognition of National Close the Gap Day.
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Haleon launches pain institute
Thursday | Mar 19 2026HALEON has launched the Australian chapter of the Haleon Pain Management Institute, an expert-led collaboration with a focus on improving pain outcomes for local patients by prioritising research and scientific innovation, healthcare professional education, and patient self-care.
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Star gets to guts of the matter
Thursday | Mar 19 2026STAR Discount Chemist has launched a new initiative - "It takes guts to talk guts" - encouraging Australians to stop dismissing ongoing symptoms and seek trusted, personalised advice.
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Ahpra sets out strategy for reform
Wednesday | Mar 18 2026THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has released a new five-year strategy for the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, with safety and sustainability at its core.
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Safer psychotropics in aged care
Wednesday | Mar 18 2026RESEARCHERS at Monash University and Flinders University have created a series of educational videos designed to support the safer and more appropriate use of psychotropic medications for people living with dementia and in residential aged care.
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Northpharm delivers in NT floods
Wednesday | Mar 18 2026WITH floods affecting many communities in the Northern Territory in the last two weeks (PD 10 Mar), the Northpharm pharmacy group has worked alongside health agencies and emergency services to maintain continuity of medicine supplies to communities and patients cut off by the ongoing emergency.
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Young vapers diss risks
Wednesday | Mar 18 2026YOUNG people rarely consider the health risks of vaping and regard it as normalised and socially embedded, according to recent Flinders University research into the perceptions and motivations of young vapers.
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Continuity key to rural pharmacy
Tuesday | Mar 17 2026THE Remote and Isolated Pharmacist Association Australia (RIPAA) has warned that the clinical models being promoted by national pharmacy bodies are structurally unsuited for Australia's most remote communities, proposing instead a model with embedded pharmacists at its core.
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Tackling the stigma of dandruff
Tuesday | Mar 17 2026RESEARCH commissioned by Key Pharmaceuticals has revealed the high social and emotional cost of dandruff, a common condition affecting around half the Australian population.
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Women’s health pilot gets mixed reactions
Monday | Mar 16 2026A NATIONAL women's health pilot designed to improve access to hormonal contraception and treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) was announced by the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler at APP2026.
