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Love your top 100 customers
The Guild has released its latest online pharmacist CPD course, Know and love your top 100 customers. This course highlights the value a pharmacy’s top 100 customers add to a …
Endometriosis: pain focus beyond fertility needed
Sufferers and their health professionals could benefit by viewing endometriosis from a pain management perspective – not just a fertility perspective. So says Donna Ciccia, director and co-founder of Endometriosis …
Educating kids on eye diseases
Kids in all regions of the world are affected by a range of eye diseases and conditions that can permanently impact their lives – and even in Australia, 20% of …
Suzanne Hill to step down as PBAC chair
Industry leaders have congratulated Dr Suzanne Hill, the Chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, who is set to take on a new role with the World Health Organization. Dr …
South Coast pharmacies in blood pressure checks
The National Stroke Foundation, Pharmacy Guild of NSW and NSW Government have teamed up to bring NSW South Coast residents free blood pressure checks and health assessments – and the …
Future of pharmacy bright, Kardachi tells students
PSA national president Grant Kardachi says it’s time to dispel any pessimism about the future of pharmacy: there’s plenty of opportunities for incorporating services beyond the dispensing counter, he says. …
Industry failing young pharmacists: PPA
Professional Pharmacists Australia believes that the way pharmacy is currently structured is failing young pharmacists and is not fully utilising their skills. This failure is occurring at the same time …
PBS sustainable, Medicines Australia says
Medicines Australia’s critical analysis of successive Intergenerational Reports (IGR) demonstrates that previous successive IGRs seriously overestimated PBS expenditure as a proportion of GDP, and highlights the pitfalls of ignoring significant …
NAPSA Congress goes back to the future
The NAPSA Congress on the Gold Coast saw more than 350 pharmacy students from 19 universities around Australia meet at Griffith University to find out what’s in their future. The …
Cancer survivors get insufficient care: 1000 Survivor Study
Around 80% of Queensland cancer survivors do not receive the care or support they need after treatment, Queensland’s 1000 Survivor Study has found. Cancer Council Queensland has revealed the first …
UK female pharmacists still paid less than men
Female pharmacists in the UK are still being paid less than men – but the gap is narrowing, a UK pharmacy magazine has found. Chemist + Druggist surveyed 398 male …
Aussies still getting sunburn: Cancer Day report
New research released by Cancer Council on World Cancer Day today (4 Feb) shows that approximately 430,000 more Australian adults are getting sunburned on the weekend than they were four …