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PM backs pharmacist ownership, innovation
The Government and Guild are working together on new ways to capitalise on pharmacy’s “genuine potential,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last night. Speaking at the Pharmacy Guild’s Parliamentary Dinner, …
Light shone on health professional drug deaths
An Australian-first study conducted by Monash University has found that from 2003-2013, nearly five deaths per 1000 employed Australian health care professionals were caused by drugs, with a significant association …
Remote dispensing equity
The Guild has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that remuneration for dispensing medicines under the Remote Area Aboriginal Health Service Program will be adjusted to be equivalent to the PBS …
Women owners urged to run for office
Pharmacy Guild national president George Tambassis has encouraged women to seek leadership positions within the organisation, in his speech at last night’s Parliamentary Dinner. “The Guild is determined to represent …
Govt working to ‘reconcile’ risk sharing arrangements
The federal government is confident agreement will be reached with pharmacists over risk sharing arrangements, the Prime Minister believes. Speaking in Canberra last night at the Pharmacy Guild’s annual Parliament …
Meds mistakes “common” in nursing homes
What can be done to reduce medication errors and inappropriate prescriptions among residents? A systematic review conducted by Monash University researchers and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics …
‘Diabesity’ threatens 50 years of health progress
Australia is facing a resurgence of cardiovascular disease – the country’s number one killer A deadly combination of obesity and type 2 diabetes, in addition to rising rates of atrial …
Hayfever sufferers warned on thunderstorm asthma
People who suffer from hayfever should consider carrying a Ventolin puffer at all times – especially if thunderstorms like last night’s are expected, an asthma expert says. Associate Professor Cenk …
Asthma thunderstorm: ‘I have never seen anything remotely like it.’
Yarraville’s Carnovale Pharmacy was inundated with people seeking relief from asthma last night after a severe thunderstorm hit Melbourne – to the point where the pharmacy ran out of Ventolin. …
MedsASSIST tops 4 million transactions
More than four million transactions have now been recorded in MedsASSIST, the Pharmacy Guild says. As of yesterday (21 November) the codeine real-time recording and monitoring system had clocked up …
‘We’re constantly being scrutinised by the Chinese consumer’
They’ve phoned pharmacies and even sent relatives to Australia to check the pharmacies from which they source health products are real, physical entities Chinese consumers are stopping at very little …
Dispensing difficulties
Federal Government reportedly resists Guild push for dispensing fee increase The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is believed to be in dispute with the Federal government over its push for an …