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Guild repeats need for real-time prescription monitoring
7 March 2018
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes a nationally co-ordinated real-time monitoring system is an essential element of the strategy to deal effectively with opioid abuse and misuse in Australia.
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Value of community pharmacy model recognised
21 February 2018
The passage through Federal Parliament last week of amendments that remove the sunset clause on the Pharmacy Location Rules is a timely reminder of the importance of maintaining the tried and trusted community pharmacy model.
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Pharmacy of the Year finalists announced
21 February 2018
Five community pharmacies have been named as the finalists in this year’s prestigious Guild Pharmacy of the Year Awards.
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Have your say in future of community pharmacy
7 February 2018
By now all Pharmacy Guild member pharmacy owners should have received an email from the Online Research Unit (ORU) and ORIMA Research asking them to complete an online survey about the future of community pharmacy (Community Pharmacy 2025).As part of…
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Prescription addiction in the spotlight
7 February 2018
Regardless of one’s views of the merits of the decision to upschedule over-the-counter, codeine-containing medicines, there can be little argument that the ensuing public debate has visibly increased the level of awareness of the serious problem of the misuse of…
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Mental health awareness
24 January 2018
The Pharmacy Guild is a supporter of Loud Shirt Fairy Floss Friday, an event which aims to increase awareness of the disproportionately high rates of mental illness among healthcare professionals.
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Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to speak at Guild dinner
11 October 2017
The Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, and the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, will be the keynote speakers at the Pharmacy Guild’s Annual Parliamentary Dinner at the Great Hall of Parliament House on 28…
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Value of pharmacist-delivered vaccinations
11 October 2017
The number of confirmed cases of the flu this season has now topped 199,500 according to the Immunisation Coalition, and this figure continues to rise as the season extends beyond its usual length.
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Flu vax expansion needed
27 September 2017
The ongoing severe flu season has highlighted the need to extend the role of community pharmacies in protecting the community from this disease.
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Codeine exception proposal
27 September 2017
The Pharmacy Guild and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia are continuing their advocacy for the adoption of a common sense approach to ensure patients in need have access to medicines containing codeine.
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