News
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Vic pharmacy push
Tuesday | Nov 27 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has called upon the newly re-elected Andrews Government to consider improving Victorians' access to healthcare by better utilising pharmacists across the state.
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#GivingTuesday
Tuesday | Nov 27 2018TODAY is being hash-tagged #GivingTuesday by the Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) to launch its Christmas appeal for donations to support its work.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Nov 27 2018
27 Nov 18COULD this be the next item on your pharmacy shelves?.
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SHPA opioid epidemic alert
Monday | Nov 26 2018A landmark report released by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has highlighted the urgent need for a "coordinated multidisciplinary response" to stem a looming opioid "epidemic".
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Alphapharm valsartan recall
Monday | Nov 26 2018ALPHAPHARM, trading as Mylan Australia, has initiated a nationwide consumer-level recall of all batches of its Dilart and Dilart HCT valsartan medicines in Australia.
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SHPA honours Ian Coombes
Monday | Nov 26 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has named Associate Professor Ian Coombes as the recipient of Fred J Boyd Award, acknowledging his passion and dedication for practitioner growth, pharmacy research and developing leading pharmacy services.
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Pharmacists in home care initiative
Monday | Nov 26 2018UK prime Minister Theresa May has announced the rollout of a national scheme to assign teams including pharmacists to provide "personal care" to residents of aged care homes with the aim of reducing hospitalisations.
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Pharmacist reprimand
Monday | Nov 26 2018A VICTORIAN pharmacist has been found guilty of professional misconduct relating to stealing Schedule 8 drugs from two Chemist Warehouse pharmacies, falsification of records, forging scripts for alprazolam and self-administering the drug.
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Three over-65 flu vaxes for the UK
Monday | Nov 26 2018ENGLAND'S National Health Service has expanded the influenza vaccines which can be used to immunise patients aged over 65 in the 2019/20 flu season.
