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September 2010

1. 17 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dementia Awareness Week 
2. 8 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Baby Care 
3. 7 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Eczema Awareness Week 
4. 6 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Asthma Awareness Week 
5. 3 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Medications and dangerous driving 
6. 2 September - Media Release: Ask your pharmacist about BowelScreen Australia TM
7. 2 September - Media Release: International survey reveals Australian pharmacists’ views 
8. 2 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Hayfever 
9. 1 September - Media Release: Look for the sign of quality 
10. 1 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ask your Pharmacist Week 

August 2010

1. 31 August - Media Release: Community pharmacists are leaders in e-health innovation 
2. 30 August - Media Release: Improving medicines information to consumers 
3. 30 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ask Your Pharmacist 
4. 30 August - Media Release: International survey shows Australian pharmacy on right track 
   1. An international survey on pharmacists' views on their changing roles - Report for Australia 
5. 27 August - Media Release: Pharmacy services save lives and health system costs 
6. 26 August - Media Release: Ask your pharmacist – best to be sure! 
7. 23 August - Media Release: Monash University wins pharmacy student competition 
8. 20 August - Media Release: International pharmacy leaders gather on Gold Coast 
9. 20 August - Media Release: Buying and Selling a Pharmacy 
10. 20 August - Media Release: National Student Business Plan judging in Hobart 
11. 17 August - Media Release: Pharmacists aim for HAPPY and healthy patients 
12. 16 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: National Glaucoma Week 15th to 21st August 
13. 13 August - Media Release: Mirixa Australia - GSK: Committed to Professional Pharmacy Services 
14. 11 August - Media Release: Research points way forward to improving CMIs 
15. 9 August - Media Release: Pharmacy Workforce Symposium – Tuesday 10 August 
16. 9 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Safe Storage of Medicine 
17. 6 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Long Term Sleep Problems 
18. 5 August - Media Release: healthlinks.net wins business award for innovation 
19. 5 August - Media Release: Trial confirms benefits of pharmacist intervention 
20. 5 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Healthy Bones 
21. 4 August - NOTICE OF LODGEMENT WITH FWA – ALTERATION TO CONSTITUTION
    1. A notice was lodged with Fair Work Australia on 20 July 2010 setting out the particulars of an alteration to the Constitution of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. The alterations to the Constitution, as voted on and approved by National Council, are set out below.
    2. Constitution of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Alterations 
22. 3 August - Media Release: Pharmacies get a Kung Flu grip on pandemic preparations 
23. 2 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Continence Awareness Week 1st to 7th August 

July 2010

1. 28 July - Media Release: Campaign prepares pharmacies for pandemic second wave 
2. 22 July - Media Release: A simple and achievable approach to CPD for all pharmacists 
3. 16 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Asthma Management in Winter 
4. 15 July - Media Release: Guild mourns the passing of Judith Liauw 
5. 13 July - Media Release: Funding continues for Home Medicines Reviews 
6. 7 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dangers of Sharing Medicines 
7. 6 July - Media Release: Pharmacists rate highly on honesty and ethics 
8. 6 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Cough and Colds and Winter Misery
9. 5 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Prostate Cancer
10. 2 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Self Manage Your Diabetes with the Help of You
11. 1 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Fit and Healthy This Winter 

June 2010

1. 24 June - Media Release: Guild to convene pharmacy workforce symposium 
2. 21 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Drug Action Week 2010 20 – 26 June 
3. 18 June - Media Release: Paid parental leave welcomed 
4. 18 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Arthritis Doesnt Just Happen in Age 
5. 17 June - Media Release: Opportunity to Practise Good Pharma 
6. 17 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Be Aware of Hepatitis 
7. 15 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dangers of Buying Medicines Online 
8. 14 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: More on Prostate Cancer 
9. 7 June - Media Release: Bowel cancer – Don’t bury your head in the sand and ignore it!
10. 4 June - Media Release: Kung Flu Fighters: pharmacies get pandemic prepared
11. 4 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Bowel Cancer Awareness Week (7-13 June)  
12. 2 June - Media Release: The Roadmap
13. 1 June - Media Release: Practising Good Pharma is Very Rewarding
14. 1 June - Media Release: Codeine Changes on Track

May 2010

1. 31 May - Media Release: Hepatitis C message on TV
2. 26 May - Media Release: Successful Consumer Medicine Information campaign pilot
3. 25 May - Media Release: Get ready for BowelScreen Australia
4. 20 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Managing Chronic Pain
5. 17 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Stroke and National Stroke Week
6. 14 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Stopping Smoking 
7. 11 May - Media Release: Federal Budget and Fifth Agreement Deliver Certainty 
8. 11 May  - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Season Infections and Infection Control 
9. 10 May - Media Release: New Program Reference in Fifth Agreement  
10. 6 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: World Asthma Day 
11. 4 May - Media Release: Staged supply to aid primary care 
12. 4 May - Media Release: Strengthening the bridge between primary care and aged care 
13. 4 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Codeine Changes 
14. 3 May - Media Release: New Agreement: quality care for consumers, certainty for community pharmacy, expanded role for pharmacists 
15. 3 May - Media Release: Henry Tax Review’s impact on community pharmacy 

April 2010

1. 30 April - Media Release: Codeine changes take effect from tomorrow, 1 May 
2. 22 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Influenza this season 
3. 20 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Help from your Community Pharmacy 
4. 15 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Patient medication profile 
5. 14 April - Media Release: Guild calls for improved access to finance 
6. 12 April - Media Release:  Pharmacy welcomes Primary Health Care Organisations  
7. 9 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Pain and pain medicines  
8. 8 April - Department of Health and Aging fact sheet and letter to community pharmacists regarding seasonal influenza vaccine
   1. Letter to Pharmacies
   2. Flu Vaccination Fact Sheet 
9. 8 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Men get the blues as well  
10. 6 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Findapharmacy.com.au 
11. 1 April - Media Release: Gold Cross brand campaign gains momentum with Bio-Organics 
12. 1 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Cold and Flu Medicines 

March 2010

• 31 March - Media Release: Diabetes approach welcomed 
• 29 March - Media Release: Codeine changes to commence 1 May 
• 25 March - Media Release: Webinars encourage professional services role 
• 24 March - Media Release: Pharmacy forum supports unique healthcare identifiers 
• 23 March - Pharmacy Review Online: Pharmacy Review
• 23 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Managing Pain Properly 
• 22 March - Media Release: Gold Cross brand boost  
• 19 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Flu Vaccine 
• 16 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: PMPs 
• 12 March - Media Release: The Roadmap – strategic plan for community pharmacy 
• 12 March - Media Release: And the winner is...Bunbury! 
• 12 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: World Glaucoma Day 14th March 
• 10 March - Media Release: Pharmacists get pandemic prepared at APP 
• 9 March - Media Release: Consumer Medicine Information campaign for Canberra 
• 4 March - Media Release: Rudd’s health reforms an opportunity for pharmacists 
• 2 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: DAA Help from your Community Pharmacist 
• 1 March - Media Release: Codeine May Day approaches 
• 1 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Arthritis

February 2010 

1. 26 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Flu Vaccine for Children
2. 23 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ovarian Cancer 
3. 23 February - Media Release: Community Pharmacy model serves Australia well
4. 23 February - Media Release: Press release from GSK regarding Avandia
5. 12 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Tips for a Healthy Heart 
6. 10 February - Media Release: Report shows PBS Reforms are working, but not whole picture  
7. 8 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Mens Health Ambassador Speaker Program 
8. 8 February - Media Release: Financial Review wrong on e-scripts 
9. 2 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Pain and Using Pain Medicines 
10. 1 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Flu Vaccine 

January 2010

• 26 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Sleep Hygiene  
• 25 January - Media Release: On your marks...get set...plan! 
• 22 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Mind your mind  
• 20 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy:Hydration and the elderly  
• 19 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Incontinence  
• 14 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Foot Infections 
• 11 January - Media Release: Guild welcomes Medicines Australia appointment
• 7 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Contraception 

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