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Guild claims “farcical”, GPs say
Monday | Aug 18 2025THE Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has refuted modelling commissioned by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia that suggests its new 10-year vision, Towards 2035, will free up 6.5 million GP consultations (PD 13 Aug).
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Rich countries pay less for meds
Monday | Aug 18 2025RICHER countries pay less for their medicines in real terms, once the purchasing power of different currencies is taken into account, according to an international study.
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AdPha backs AMA AI oversight call
Friday | Aug 15 2025THE Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for the establishment of a dedicated group of health experts to provide clinical leadership and guidance on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, with Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) backing the call.
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Rude customer? It’s them, not you
Friday | Aug 15 2025RUDE and unpleasant customers - or worse, those who are abusive - are often part of working in retail.
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CHA: “Expand pharmacist roles”
Thursday | Aug 14 2025CATHOLIC Health Australia (CHA), the nation's largest non-government, not-for-profit group of health, community and aged care providers, has called on the Federal Government to expand the roles of pharmacists, care workers, nurses, and other allied health professionals to improve the productivity and quality of healthcare.
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Pharmacy partnership key to Haleon’s 3-year success
Thursday | Aug 14 2025HALEON ANZ has recently celebrated three years of becoming a standalone consumer healthcare company, following its demerger from GSK in Jul 2022.
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Blood-free healthcare with heart
Thursday | Aug 14 2025THIS week, Mahak Jahangir from Bendigo UFS View Street Pharmacy in Victoria shares an intern's perspective of pharmacy practice.
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Vision projected to save health system $5.1b
Wednesday | Aug 13 2025MODELLING commissioned by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia suggests that the goals outlined in its recently released 10-year vision, Towards 2035 (PD 06 Aug), could amount to $5.1 billion in healthcare savings if realised.
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TWC training hits the road
Wednesday | Aug 13 2025TERRYWHITE Chemmart is travelling around the country with its annual Leaders' Academy, bringing two days of hands-on learning to pharmacy leaders in every state this month.
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CWH raises $1.27m for Gotcha4Life
Tuesday | Aug 12 2025CHEMIST Warehouse has raised $1.27 million to support the Gotcha4Life Foundation as part of its 2025 Men's Health Campaign, a national initiative to promote mental fitness and work towards reducing suicide rates in Australia.
