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PDL election announced
PDL is calling for South Australian and Northern Territory members to vote for a new director The election for PDL’s South Australian Director (with responsibility also for the Northern Territory) …
Wizard a winner… again
Wizard Pharmacy Kalgoorlie Central has been presented with the 2020 Community Support and Engagement award by the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry The award, presented at the Chamber’s annual …
A new addition for PSS
The Australian Pharmacy Council has become a member of the Pharmacists’ Support Service subsequent to a change in the PSS constitution This change adds the APC to the other eight …
World news wrapup: 12 November 2020
Pharmacists elected to Congress; UK pharmacist cleared of making anti-Semitic remarks; sentence of 40 years recommended for US pharmacist United States: Three pharmacists elected to Congress are being welcomed by …
Is pharmacy ‘metrocentrically maldistributed’?
Pharmacy and other health professions have a ‘metrocentric maldistribution’, Parliament is told as MPs debate health inequities There were mixed messages from parliamentarian health professionals this week as the House …
Frontliners ‘our saving grace’
National Pharmacies will be applauding some Australian heroes with its upcoming Christmas Pageant The group has announced that the 2020 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant will celebrate and acknowledge South Australian …
New Minister has ‘strong reputation’
Queensland has a new Health Minister, who has been “warmly welcomed” by the Pharmacy Guild On Tuesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that Deputy Premier Steven Miles, who has held the …
How to manage difficult conversations in pharmacy
We’re officially into the ‘season of goodwill’ but as we know too well, some interactions in pharmacy can be less than merry 1 Dec 2020 | 8-9PM AEDT Faced with …
Pharmacy approval denied
A Federal Court stoush over the approval of pharmacy premises has ended with one applicant being ordered to pay appeal costs to the other The Federal Court has agreed with …
Extension of pandemic entitlements for health sector employees
What you need to know: a guide by Stephanie McGrath What is Schedule X? On 8 April 2020 the Fair Work Commission issued a decision on pandemic leave for Health Sector …
Poll: Next year for a COVID vaccine?
How do you feel about a potential COVID-19 vaccine… about to happen, or wishful thinking? A Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could be on the horizon, pharmacists have been called “essential” in …
‘As the only pharmacist in this place…’
Pharmacist politician Emma McBride has waded into the e-cigarettes debate, saying there is no evidence they are safe or less harmful than combustible cigarettes On Monday, Labor MP Mike Freelander …