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Victoria needs to address OST fees
Friday | Mar 5 2021COVERING pharmacists' dispensing fees for opioid substitution therapy (OST) could be key to removing barriers to accessing treatment for patients in Victoria, State MP, Dr Tim Read, believes.
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WA pharmacy reform on the table
Friday | Mar 5 2021POLITICIANS from Western Australia's four main parties are committed to moving forward with key reforms of the community pharmacy sector after next week's State election.
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Pharmacy a mental health solution
Thursday | Mar 4 2021PHARMACISTS are ready and willing to play a key role in a redesigned mental health and wellbeing system in Victoria, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch President, Anthony Tassone, believes.
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PSA offers ‘low cost’ PI insurance
Thursday | Mar 4 2021MEMBERS of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) will have to opt out of a new professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme launched by the body over the weekend, when they renew their membership.
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Guild backs substitution legislation
Thursday | Mar 4 2021NEW legislation allowing pharmacists to substitute prescribed medicines when a product has been declared to be in "serious scarcity" is a commonsense move, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, believes.
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“Retain” pharmacies – Guild
Wednesday | Mar 3 2021THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia says its Clinically safe and better value Community Pharmacy Aged Care model presented to the Government during the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement negotiations provides a solution in keeping with the recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission, which has urged sweeping changes to medication management in aged care (PD yesterday).
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AACP urges quality RMMRs
Wednesday | Mar 3 2021THE Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) says it is keen to work with the Pharmacy Programs Administrator and the Government to ensure that pharmacy services provided in residential aged care facilities can be assessed for quality.
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Rentals on APP agenda
Wednesday | Mar 3 2021DELEGATES at this year's Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP2021) will be updated on the latest on where pharmacy rentals are heading, in a session led by Lease 1 Director Phil Chapman.
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Improve RMMR access: Aged Care RC
Tuesday | Mar 2 2021IMMEDIATE action should be taken by the Federal Government to improve access to quality medication management reviews for patients, the Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report has found.
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SHPA aged care push
Tuesday | Mar 2 2021THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) says it will continue to advocate for the government to invest in embedding clinical pharmacy services for aged care residents, as it welcomed the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care (see p1).
