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Dual action treatment for weight management
2 July 2019
Obesity is recognised as a “serious, chronic, relapsing disease process of energy regulation”.1Long-term weight loss is often difficult, and rebound weight gain is common.2 This may be due to brain systems that are predisposed to regain lost weight, triggering increased…
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Minister for Health to address Pharmacy Guild Dinner
1 July 2019
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Annual Parliamentary Dinner in September will feature a keynote speech by the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP.
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Pharmacy Assistant National Conference
26 June 2019
The peak educational and networking event for pharmacy assistants, the Pharmacy Assistant National Conference (PA Conference), is relocating to the heart of Brisbane’s CBD in 2019.
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Time is running out for Pharmacy of the Year entries
26 June 2019
Entries for the 2020 Guild Pharmacy of the Year competition close in four weeks. Make sure you get your entry in by July 31.
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Sensible move to expand flu vaccination
26 June 2019
The move by the WA Government to allow trained pharmacists to administer influenza vaccination to patients aged 10 years and over has been warmly welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA Branch.
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Champion of CP2025 Health Hub Pathway
26 June 2019
The view that the community pharmacy should be a health hub and not simply a ‘convenience store’ is behind the philosophy that has driven WA pharmacist Swarup Afsar.
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Location Rules
26 June 2019
Consumers have benefited for almost 30 years from the Location Rules which have ensured a well-distributed network of community pharmacies supplying PBS medicines and patient services - where people live, and where they need those medicines and services.
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New Executive Director appointed
26 June 2019
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has appointed not-for-profit hospital and aged care service leader Suzanne Greenwood to be its next Executive Director, following an extensive executive search process.
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Medicines should be more affordable for all Australians
26 June 2019
Australian consumers have unparalleled access to medicine at a subsidised price under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – arguably the best scheme of its kind in the world.
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Managing paediatric iron deficiency
25 June 2019
Iron deficiency (ID) is a state in which there is insufficient iron to maintain normal physiological functions.
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