Headlines
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APP early bird closes soon
Friday | Jan 12 2024THERE are only three weeks to go until early bird ticket pricing closes for pharmacy's largest conference, the Guild's Australian Pharmacy Professional 2024 (APP2024).
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Vic Govt extends continued dispensing
Thursday | Jan 11 2024THE Victorian Govt has expanded continued dispensing measures in response to widespread flooding in the state's central region.
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CAPS slams funding cuts to Supercare
Thursday | Jan 11 2024WITH the last of the Supercare Pharmacies closing their 24-hour pharmacy services throughout Victoria, the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) has once again "condemned" the state govt's decision to cut funding.
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CAPS to hold next protest rally in Feb
Wednesday | Jan 10 2024THE Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) has organised another protest in Canberra on 06 Feb, to coincide with the first sitting day of Parliament, as it says negotiations for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) still remain uncertain.
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Naloxone claiming rules updated: PPA
Tuesday | Jan 9 2024THE Dept of Health and Aged Care has updated the Take Home Naloxone (THN) Program to clarify entitlements for the payment of fees consistent with the requirements of the National Health THN Special Arrangement 2019.
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APC to fast track oversees professionals
Tuesday | Jan 9 2024THE findings of the Govt's final Kruk Report, an independent review of health practitioner regulatory settings, have highlighted the need for streamlined processes for overseas-trained pharmacists to reduce workforce shortages.
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“Health crisis” with opioid shortages
Monday | Jan 8 2024TODAY, Palliative Care Australia chief executive Camilla Rowland said a "health crisis" was looming, and sick children, the dying and those with chronic pain would be hurt the most, as the number of opioid pain meds in shortage grows.
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Southcity in NSW pilot
Monday | Jan 8 2024SOUTHCITY Pharmacy is one of 11 pharmacies in Wagga Wagga, NSW, participating in the 'Living Well, Your Way' pharmacy screening pilot, a joint initiative of the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network and funded by the NSW Ministry of Health.
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WA access works for UTIs
Friday | Jan 5 2024WESTERN Australian women have embraced the diagnoses and treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection by the state's community pharmacists, confirmed the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Expired COVID vax administered in Tas
Friday | Jan 5 2024THE Tasmanian Department of Health has identified a pharmacy in the north-west of the state where expired COVID-19 vaccines may have been administered.
