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The Supercare change: more details emerge
The Victorian Department of Health has confirmed that 12 of the 20 Supercare pharmacies will end their involvement with the project Following yesterday’s (28 November 2023) opinion piece by Angelo …
Charac investment to boost MedAdvisor platform
Strategic deal to enhance the capabilities of MedAdvisor Solutions’ Plus One platform, while generating significant savings Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed medication management platform provider, MedAdvisor, is set to invest …
TGA quarantines Interpharma saline products
Regulator issues safety alert over potential contamination of some saline products with Ralstonia pickettii The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has initiated a nationwide quarantine for three Interpharma saline products on …
TGA investigates duloxetine contamination
Sponsors report N-nitroso-duloxetine levels in some duloxetine medications are currently above “acceptable intake” limits Patients are being urged not to stop taking duloxetine medications while the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) …
Former nurse lied to get opioids, court told
A former nurse has faced court after she contacted a pharmacy, pretending to be a doctor, to get oxycodone News Corp has reported on the case of Morgan Reanne Ainsworth, …
New Year crackdown on non-therapeutic vaping
A new special access scheme pathway to prescribe e-cigarettes – which will see nurse practitioners as well as doctors able to prescribe them – will start on 1 January Stakeholders …
Reinvest Supercare funds into community pharmacy: Tassone
Savings from changes to funding for Victoria’s Supercare Pharmacies could be ploughed back into the sector to improve patient health, one leading pharmacist says The Victorian Government has made changes …
Priceline ramps up back office
Hike in staffing as search begins for new technology chief to wrangle cyber threats Priceline has just taken on 36 new employees in a broad number of roles, seemingly with …
Dispensing must be ‘well-funded’ in 8CPA
Plans to increase community pharmacy services will not be sustainable without appropriately funding dispensing, pharmacist says Ensuring dispensaries are well-funded will be critical to the success of the Eighth Community …
Anti-depressant shortage flagged
Manufacturing issues have hit some fluoxetine supplies says TGA Fluoxetine 20 mg dispersible tablets under the brand Zactin Tabs are in short supply and like to remain so until the …
‘Homework’s done’, it’s time to expand scope: Twomey
Expanding allied health professionals’ scope of practice will deliver taxpayer savings while improving outcomes for patients, Guild says Australia needs to “unleash” the skills of its healthcare practitioners to boost …
From 20 to zero: the Supercare backflip
Angelo Pricolo laments the end of funding for Victoria’s 24-hour Supercare pharmacies In a massive backflip that legendary Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci would be proud of, the Victorian state government …