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Sep 6, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Bruce ANNABEL |Mal Scrymgeour |Steven Julius |Benjamyn Sung
Community pharmacy is now in a period of false comfort, after the signing of the 8CPA. But it would take only a small systemic change to tip the industry into a new ’cold war’ The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension that existed from 1947 to 1991. The United States and its alliesThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius |Jay Cutler
Guild urged to monitor members’ behaviour to ensure compliance with new ‘right to disconnect’ legislation Employee pharmacists “should not be expected to resolve clinical or business issues outside their regular working hours”, a union leader says. With new “right to disconnect” laws coming into effect today (Monday 26 August 2024), Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA)This content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
Double dispensing is still ranking high in the headlines, plus organisations are looking for some key members The Community and Pharmacy Support Group claimed that Wesfarmers' InstantScripts had set to a 60-day dispensing default, but said pressure from a pharmacist campaign has changed this. It's also plotting a letter-writing campaign to doctors, advising of dangersThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
Five years ago, Deborah Hawthorne had quit pharmacy and believed she wouldn’t be back. How has she since become one of Australia’s leading consultant pharmacists – and one of the profession’s best-liked members? Megan Haggan investigates Pharmacists were gathered in Adelaide in May for the first CPC23, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s consultant pharmacists’ conferenceThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
A pharmacist became suspicious of a patient’s requests for privacy before receiving the Covid-19 jab – and when she checked the store’s CCTV, spotted professional misconduct in the consulting room The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW has heard the case of a nurse and midwife who tampered with Covid vaccines at her local Chemist Warehouse. This content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
Pharmacy advocacy group plots anti-60-day dispensing letter writing campaign Prescribers across the country are set to receive letters highlighting the unintended consequences the government’s 60-day dispensing policy will have on patients from pharmacists. In a message to its WhatsApp groups, the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) unveiled its plan on Friday, saying “ourThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
Former Cochlear chief executive joins Sigma board as nominee of Chemist Warehouse-backed investment fund, HMC Capital Asset management firm, HMC Capital’s nominee, Dr Chris Roberts, has been appointed to Sigma Healthcare’s board of directors with immediate effect. Roberts’s appointment came after Christine Bartlett announced her decision to retire from her board in December, after sevenThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Nicola Laird |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius
NAPSA calls for nominations to chair its research committee Less than eight weeks after announcing its chairs for the 2023/24 term, the National Australian Pharmacy Students Association (NAPSA) has reopened nominations for its research chair position. University of Western Australia’s Anastassija Konash was initially named as the organisation’s research chair in August, however, inThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Kay Dunkley |Steven Julius |Nicola Laird
Pharmacies are among South Australian retail workplaces recently issued with improvement notices about work safety – particularly around the risk of violence and aggression SafeWork SA has issued a closure report on its Preventing Violence and Aggression in Retail Proactive Compliance Project, which included data from visits to 89 retail workplaces between June 2022 andThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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May 9, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Steven Julius |Megan Haggan
Pharmacists will not be getting Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) provider numbers any time soon, Moves to provide individual MBS provider numbers to pharmacists will require a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) Mark Butler, the Minister for Health and Aged Care says. Shooting down a petition calling for pharmacists to be recognised asThis content is restricted to registered users only.
