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UTS business plan winners
Monday | Sep 10 2018THE TASASSIST team from University of Technology Sydney have taken out the Pharmacy Guild's 2018 National Student Business Plan competition.
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Vic pharmacy assistant stars
Monday | Sep 10 2018PHARMACY assistant Phillipa Maika (pictured top) from Slade Pharmacy Richmond has been chosen to represent Victoria at the National Finals of the 2018 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award.
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Cochrane pharmacy role tick
Monday | Sep 10 2018A COCHRANE review of the benefit of community pharmacy in managing long-term conditions, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, has given its "cautious" endorsement of the services.
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Qld hearings continue
Monday | Sep 10 2018REGIONAL panel hearings in the ongoing Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and transfer of pharmacy ownership have commenced, with the first taking place in Toowoomba on Fri.
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Pharmacies MHR nod
Monday | Sep 10 2018LATEST statistics from the My Health Record system show that 13,708 healthcare provider organisations are now registered, 3,659 of which are pharmacies, representing 67% of the total in Australia.
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Deprescribe in palliative care
Monday | Sep 10 2018WHILE it's long been known that patients in end-of-life care are frequently overprescribed medicines of limited or no value at that stage, new research by US and UK scientists has confirmed the frequency of such practices.
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Satisfaction winners
Monday | Sep 10 2018ROY Morgan Research has named Discount Drug Stores (DDS) as the winner of its monthly customer satisfaction awards in the pharmacy category for the month of Jul 2018.
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Movember $12m boost
Monday | Sep 10 2018THE Federal Government is working with Movember Foundation by investing $12 million in new research aimed at preventing a significant number of deaths from prostate cancer.
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WA Forum CPD
Monday | Sep 10 2018THE Cannabis: From illicit crop to your drug safe session at the recent Guild Pharmacy WA Forum has been accredited for one hour of Group 1 CPD, which can be converted to Group 2 by successful completion of the relevant assessment activity - guild.org.au.
