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1. Achieve the goal of eliminating hepatitis C

   28 November 2017

   The incidence of hepatitis C makes it a focus for national health strategies, with community pharmacies playing a major role in helping patients manage the disease while also being pivotal in prevention and elimination policies and measures.

   National | Blog Post | Clinical

2. Interview with Coventry’s Pharmacy in Latrobe

   23 November 2017

   Being the only pharmacy in a small town in Tasmania has not stopped Coventry’s Pharmacy in Latrobe from being at the forefront of innovative practice in community pharmacy.

   National | Blog Post | Community Engagement, Clinical

3. Importance of sexual health

   24 October 2017

   Sexual health has some broad descriptions but is generally defined as including measures to reduce the prevalence of sexual problems and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, as well as reducing unwanted pregnancies.

   National | Blog Post | Clinical

4. The belly blues – what to do when gastro strikes

   17 October 2017

   Gastroenteritis or gastro as it is commonly known, affects thousands of people in Queensland each year and statistics show that annually there is 4.1 million cases across Australia with the total annual cost to society through missed work of $1.249 billion.

   National, QLD | Blog Post | Clinical

5. Probiotics: a novel therapy for anxiety and depression?

   10 October 2017

   There is consequently a growing body of evidence that probiotics can be utilised to normalise the microbial imbalance associated with psychological conditions.

   National, QLD | Blog Post | Clinical

6. Healthy Mama, Healthy Bub: What you should be discussing with your customers

   3 October 2017

   Pregnancy is a time in a woman’s life where maintaining good nutrition and wellbeing is equally important for bub as it is for the mother.

   National, QLD | Blog Post | Clinical

7. Top six women’s health issues - and how pharmacy assistants can help

   26 September 2017

   Pharmacy assistants can play an important role in providing advice to women no matter what life stage or age.

   National, QLD | Blog Post | Community Engagement, Clinical

8. Vaginal thrush. The in’s the outs and the things to do in-between

   12 September 2017

   Did you know that 3 in 4 women have suffered from vaginal thrush? That’s 75% of the female population and generally aged between 20-40 years and 5% of those cases are reoccurring.

   National, QLD | Blog Post | Clinical

9. Member-pharmacy only

   FPP Blog Series: Issue 14: The Patient Connection

   8 September 2017

   We have previously talked about increasing customer numbers, and how minor increases can have a large impact on your overall profitability. We have also considered how customer numbers can be increased by not only attracting new customers to your store,…

   WA | Blog Post | Training, Innovation, Clinical

10. My Diabetes Journey. A real life account by Sherree Walters

    5 September 2017

    Did you know that 280 people are diagnosed with diabetes every day in Australia?

    National, QLD | Blog Post | Clinical