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Pharmacists to play critical role in IBD
Wednesday | Feb 12 2025NEW research published in the State of the Nation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australia report has found that 180,000 Australians are living with IBD, and that number is increasing at a faster rate than in other countries.
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Retail excellence recognised
Wednesday | Feb 12 2025INDEPENDENT Pharmacies Australia (IPA) held its 2025 Retail Excellence Awards at Pullman On the Park in Melbourne, with six retail leaders taking out the honours.
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Unique needs of remote Aus overlooked
Tuesday | Feb 11 2025THE Remote and Isolated Pharmacist Association Australia (RIPAA) is calling for greater recognition of the unique challenges facing pharmacists in remote communities in its pre-Budget submission.
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Overseas travellers urged to vaccinate
Tuesday | Feb 11 2025THE current global increase in measles has led the Victorian Department of Health to urge people travelling overseas to ensure they are fully vaccinated against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases before they leave Australia.
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Women’s health meds added to PBS
Monday | Feb 10 2025FROM 01 Mar 2025, women will have cheaper access to newer generation oral contraceptives and menopause hormone therapies when they are listed on the PBS.
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Paramedic scope expanded
Monday | Feb 10 2025THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria Branch has welcomed new laws allowing paramedic practitioners to deliver urgent care and prescribe scheduled medicines.
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SA leads on pharmacist vaccinations
Friday | Feb 7 2025SOUTH Australian pharmacist immunisers can now authorise and administer any vaccine within their individual scope of practice, including for the first time travel health vaccines for cholera, rabies and typhoid.
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Pharmacists present to loneliness inquiry
Friday | Feb 7 2025PHARMACY Addressing Loneliness and Social isolation (PALS) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) provided evidence yesterday to the NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Social Issues regarding its inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in NSW.
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Funding hospital pharmacists is critical
Thursday | Feb 6 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has welcomed yesterday's Federal Govt announcement of a $1.7 billion boost for hospitals and health services, and is calling for states and territories to direct a portion of the funding to bolster the hospital pharmacy workforce.
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Managing meds in FNQ
Thursday | Feb 6 2025THE Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) has put in place a Continued Dispensing Emergency Measure to help people in Far North Queensland affected by the floods continue to access their PBS subsidised medicines.
