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Cold chain criticism ‘embarrassing,’ says PSA head
A leading GP has expressed concerns about expansion of pharmacist flu vaccination in WA, including that cold chain management could be less stringent This week Western Australia’s Health Minister Roger …
CWH spruiks $1 discount
Chemist Warehouse has issued a statement saying it has saved Australian consumers a “whopping” $44 million The group has launched a new advertisement, “PBS it all adds up,” highlighting the …
GPs ramp up lobby against Qld pharmacy trial
The RACGP has sent a letter to all Queensland MPs in a bid to halt the state’s pharmacist prescribing trial The RACGP is ramping up its efforts to halt a …
Struck off over professional misconduct
A pharmacist who claimed the Pharmacy Board had a personal vendetta to cause him ‘character assassination on a world scale’ has had his registration cancelled Emson Nyoni, who owned and …
Guild names new executive director
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has appointed not-for-profit hospital and aged care service leader Suzanne Greenwood to be its next Executive Director The Guild says that the appointment follows an …
Success of discounters ‘inevitable’ says former ACCC boss
A former ACCC head has called on Australians to contact pollies about relaxing location rules in the name of lower prices – a suggestion welcomed by Chemist Warehouse But the …
Priceline Pharmacy announces store of the year
Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has been recognised out of 480 stores around the country Priceline Pharmacy Horsham has received the brand’s highest honour, being awarded Store of the Year for 2019. …
World news wrapup: 20 June 2019
Pharmacy chain unfairly treated in Italian Mafia story; Lloydspharmacy apologises after woman denied emergency contraception; Canadian town in push to quit smoking for a day UK: A current affairs program …
Focusing on meds safety
Pharmacists are invited to contribute to a major new medication safety initiative The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is seeking feedback on the draft of Australia’s …
Patients warned following vaccine bungle
Thousands of patients vaccinated by two Sydney GPs are being contacted after vaccines were found to have expired or not been stored properly The Sydney Local Health District has put …
Doxylamine implicated in overdose
More time needed to judge effect of Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting room following a man’s overdose late last year: Coroner A 35-year old man died in Melbourne in November 2018 …
WA pharmacists to vaccinate kids
Amid a “massive” jump in the number of flu cases recorded in Western Australia, the state Government has moved on pharmacist vaccination The move by the WA Government to allow …