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Trust in pharmacists high, but cost barriers remain
Wednesday | Sep 24 2025NEW research from Patients Australia and Healthengine released yesterday reported that cost-of-living pressures are impacting on healthcare decisions - including medication purchases - for three in four (75%) Australians, with young adults and women most affected.
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Early detection vital in AF
Wednesday | Sep 24 2025THIS week marks Hearts4heart's Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Week (22-28 Sep), and with half a million Australians affected by the condition, leading heart physicians have urged pharmacists and other health professionals to get involved in its early detection.
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“Paracetamol safe in pregnancy”
Tuesday | Sep 23 2025PHARMACY peak bodies have joined the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and other medical experts in confirming that paracetamol is safe to take in pregnancy, off the back of US President Trump's claims this week.
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New guide to support kids with chronic pain
Tuesday | Sep 23 2025KIDS in Pain, an initiative of Chronic Pain Australia, has released a helpful new guide for community pharmacists to support children with chronic pain, estimated to affect one in five aged six to 18 years.
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Older Aussies collect 31 PBS scripts a year
Tuesday | Sep 23 2025THIS article was written by: Hui Wen Quek, PhD candidate, Discipline of Pharmacy, University of Western Australia (UWA); Amy T Page, Associate Professor, School of Health and Clinical Sciences, Pharmacy, UWA; Christopher Etherton-Beer, Professor in Geriatric Medicine, UWA; and Kenneth Lee, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, School of Health and Clinical Sciences, UWA.
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APC supports endorsement
Monday | Sep 22 2025THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has welcomed the Pharmacy Board's announcement to establish an endorsement for scheduled medicines that will standardise the qualifications required by pharmacists who prescribe (PD 18 Sep).
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GLP1-RAs, Keytruda on WHO essential meds list
Monday | Sep 22 2025THE World Health Organization's (WHO) Essential Medicines Lists (EMLs) have been updated for 2025, with 20 new drugs added to the adult list, including type 2 diabetes treatments popularly used for weight loss, as well as cancer drugs and rapid-acting synthetic insulin.
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PSA highlights dementia role
Friday | Sep 19 2025PHARMACISTS have a critical role to play in improving medicine safety and health outcomes for Australians living with dementia, said the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), as Dementia Action Week draws to a close.
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National’s supplier excellence recognised
Friday | Sep 19 2025NATIONAL Pharmacies has recognised outstanding achievement across its supplier network of more than 500 businesses at its 26th Annual Supplier Awards, held on Wednesday night in Adelaide.
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Nationally coordinated prescribing closer
Thursday | Sep 18 2025THE Pharmacy Board of Australia announced yesterday that it has begun work to establish an endorsement for scheduled medicines for pharmacists, and when approved will support a consistent, safe and nationally coordinated approach to pharmacist prescribing.
