Headlines
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Pharmacists to improve stroke care
Tuesday | Apr 20 2021ADDING an emergency medicine pharmacist to stroke call-out teams can help cut the average time to administer treatment to a patient by 12 minutes, a study by researchers from Monash University reveals.
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Robber needed medicines review
Tuesday | Apr 20 2021FAMILY members of a Tasmanian man who held-up a Hobart pharmacy last year are calling for a "big revamp" of mental health care in the state.
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Get pharmacy onboard now: Twomey
Monday | Apr 19 2021FEDERAL Deputy Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, is being urged to push for rural pharmacies to be given the green light to join the COVID-19 vaccination rollout ahead of schedule.
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Pharmacy prices expected to rise
Monday | Apr 19 2021PROSPECTIVE buyers of community pharmacies expect that prices will increase over the next 12 months, the latest edition of the Attain Pharmacy Market Sentiment Survey reveals.
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Personal use behind cannabis growth
Monday | Apr 19 2021CLOSE to three-quarters of small-scale medicinal cannabis growers in Australia are cultivating crops for their personal use, research from Curtin University's National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) reveals.
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Pharmacists blamed for drug denials
Monday | Apr 19 2021"NOTORIOUSLY risk-averse" pharmacists are being cited for denying patients access to a morning sickness treatment, according to a key women's health medical specialist.
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Drug-induced deaths continue to rise
Friday | Apr 16 2021MORE than five Australians a day died as a result of misuse of drugs - including medications - in 2019, with opioids the most commonly identified substances in drug-related deaths (1,121), the latest National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) report reveals.
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WHO’s antibiotic fears
Friday | Apr 16 2021CONCERNS are being raised that none of the 43 antibiotics currently in clinical development "sufficiently address" drug resistance in the world's most dangerous bacteria.
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Increased workload induces burnout
Thursday | Apr 15 2021INCREASED workload combined with the challenges of tackling medicines shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked burnout amongst Australian pharmacists.
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Guild monitors NSW wage theft laws
Thursday | Apr 15 2021PHARMACY owners in NSW who fall foul of the State's tax collectors could face penalties in excess of $100,000 as part of new legislation being proposed by the Berejiklian Government to combat wage theft.
