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Priceline Pharmacy announces store of the year
Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has been recognised out of 480 stores around the country Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has received the brand’s highest honour, being awarded Store of the Year for 2019. …
World news wrapup: 20 June 2019
Pharmacy chain unfairly treated in Italian Mafia story; Lloydspharmacy apologises after woman denied emergency contraception; Canadian town in push to quit smoking for a day UK: A current affairs program …
Focusing on meds safety
Pharmacists are invited to contribute to a major new medication safety initiative The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is seeking feedback on the draft of Australia’s …
Patients warned following vaccine bungle
Thousands of patients vaccinated by two Sydney GPs are being contacted after vaccines were found to have expired or not been stored properly The Sydney Local Health District has put …
Doxylamine implicated in overdose
More time needed to judge effect of Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting room following a man’s overdose late last year: Coroner A 35-year old man died in Melbourne in November 2018 …
WA pharmacists to vaccinate kids
Amid a “massive” jump in the number of flu cases recorded in Western Australia, the state Government has moved on pharmacist vaccination The move by the WA Government to allow …
Chest pain pilot launched
The Australian Digital Health Agency, in partnership with the University of Sydney, has launched a study into the use of My Health Record in Rapid Access Cardiology care The Agency …
Fentanyl variable, oxycodone up
Oxycodone use is on the rise, according to new data which analysed wastewater around the country In December 2018, 50 wastewater sites from all states and territories were monitored; based …
Rents putting pressure on already stressed pharmacies
Pharmacy owners should be negotiating lower rents in line with sales declines, says expert Pharmacy business owners should be renegotiating lower rents in line with sales decline and shopping centre …
‘Natural allies’ for QUM in remote Australia
Pharmacists are crucial to safe medication use for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in residential aged care, the Royal Commission has heard The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality …
Where’s our RTM? asks NSW PSA
PSA has called on the NSW Government to do more to allow pharmacists to improve the state’s health care system – and again, for real time monitoring In welcoming the …
This is Australia, not Russia: CWH
A senior Chemist Warehouse spokesperson has called for relaxation of the location rules, following mainstream media reports which were condemned by the Guild Following Tuesday’s News Limited reports regarding the …