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National Volunteer Week 2016: THANK YOU to PSS volunteers
National Volunteer Week, which runs from 9th to 15th May, is an ideal time to acknowledge the work of the pharmacists and retired pharmacists who support their colleagues as volunteers with the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS). About 25 pharmacists, trained specifically for this role, work behind the scenes to provide telephone support service to Australian…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Early Career Pharmacists to Join National Board 2. Pharmacist Vaccination Boost to Public Health 3. PSA Funded as Peak Body 4. Budget Funding Adequacy Questioned
Early Career Pharmacist invited to join PSA National Board 12 May 2016 An exciting opportunity for an Early Career Pharmacist (ECP) to become a National Board Director to help shape the future of the profession is being offered by the peak national organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Following a historic resolution…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacists in GP Clinics in UK 2. Real Time Prescription Monitoring in Vic.
Australia should follow UK for pharmacists in GP clinics April 27, 2016 The Australian Government should follow the United Kingdom to provide funding support for integrating pharmacists into general practice clinics, according to the peak national organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). The British Department of Health – through NHS England –…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Individual Antibiotic Action Needed 2. Excellence in Media Reporting
20 APRIL 2016 ANTIBIOTIC RESEARCH IS HEARTENING BUT INDIVIDUAL ACTION STILL NEEDED Following from last night’s Catalyst episode, ‘Antibiotic Resistance’ on ABC TV examining Australia’s profligate use of antibiotics, NPS MedicineWise is reminding Australians to preserve the miracle of antibiotics by avoiding antibiotics when they’re not needed. The program highlighted how for something that is a limited and valuable…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Qld Pharmacy Vaccinations 2. Canberra Student Honoured 3. Registrations for PSA16 Open
Queensland Pharmacy vaccinations now available permanently 14 April 2016 Read the Frequently Asked Questions document on vaccination The Queensland Branches of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) are delighted to announce that the Queensland Government has approved legislation to enable pharmacists to administer vaccinations to the public in a…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Excellence in Media Reporting 2. Medicinewise Judging Panel Announced 3. Medicinewise Impact on Outcomes 4. Quality Use of Antidepressants
13 April 2016 Entries are now open for the category ‘Excellence in media reporting’ in the biannual National Medicinewise Awards. This award category recognises Australian media articles or broadcasts that have raised awareness of significant medicines or medical test issues, either among health professionals or the general public. The winning report will be judged on clinical accuracy,…
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PSA Media Releases – Health Care Homes – Primary Care Program 2. Nominate for Excellence Awards
Pharmacists integral to ‘Health Care Homes’ primary care program 31 March 2016 A Federal Government primary care program involving a team approach to patients with chronic health conditions should include a central role for pharmacists, according to the peak organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). The Government’s new ‘Health Care Homes’ trial…
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ASMI Media Release – ASMI Congratulates Tim Roper
ASMI congratulates Tim Roper 31 March 2016 The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) congratulated and thanked Tim Roper, Executive Director, New Zealand Self Medication Industry (NZSMI), for his exceptional contribution to the consumer healthcare products industry. Tim recently announced his retirement, which will commence at the beginning of May. ASMI Chief Executive Officer, Deon Schoombie,…
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NPS Media Releases – Caution! – Diagnosis Creep
1 APRIL 2016 CAUTION! DIAGNOSIS CREEP An editorial in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber suggests that some guidelines prepared by expert panels are broadening definitions of disease. This means more and more healthy people are being labelled as ‘sick’. In the article published online today, Dr Ray Moynihan, senior research fellow at Bond University…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacy Trial Program topics welcomed by pharmacists 2. WA Intern of the Year and Excellence Awards winners
Pharmacy Trial Program topics welcomed by pharmacists March 17, 2016 The announcement of the first topics for the Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP) under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) has been welcomed by the peak organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley today announced the first tranche of…