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NPS Media Releases – 1. Sneezing Billboards 2. Doctor’s Bag App
17 JULY 2015 SNEEZING BILLBOARDS SPREADING AN IMPORTANT HEALTH MESSAGE THIS COLD AND FLU SEASON Many Australians are doing a double take this week as they walk past ‘sneezing billboards’. The sneezing posters—which depict a man with a head cold mid-sneeze—carry the health messages ‘don’t pass on your germs’ and ‘practise good hygiene’. They are…
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PSA Media Releases – Bill Kelly New Chair of Pharmacy Board of Australia
July 8, 2015 PSA congratulates ACT pharmacist Bill Kelly on appointment as Chair of Pharmacy Board of Australia The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has congratulated well known pharmacist Bill Kelly on his appointment as Chair of the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Announcing the appointment, the Minster for Health, Sussan Ley, said Mr Kelly’s succession to the…
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APLF Communique’ – Path for a sustainable future defined at Pharmacist Workforce Summit
The pharmacy profession’s first ever Australian Pharmacist Workforce Summit, ‘uniting our profession for a sustainable future’ was held on Friday 26th June 2015 at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University. The Australian Pharmacist Liaison Forum (APLF) and Monash University’s Project Pharmacist jointly hosted the event attended by delegates from each of the major pharmacist and pharmacy organisations,…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Workplace Bullying 2. Workforce Summit 3. GP’s Support Practice Pharmacists 4. Karalyn Huxhagen wins in Pain Management
July 3 2015 Bullying in the workplace, climate change challenges to health feature in Australian Pharmacist Bullying in the workplace has hit the media in recent months, this time in healthcare settings. In Australian Pharmacist this month, pharmacy ethics columnist, Dr Betty Chaar from the University of Sydney, has responded to real examples of bullying raised in social…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. UNE Students Welcomed 2. Self Care Support Welcomed
June 26, 2015 University of New England pharmacy students welcomed to the profession The newest cohort of pharmacy students at the University of New England have been welcomed to the profession in a ceremony held this week. The ceremony was held as part of the pharmacy discipline’s first intensive residential program for first-year students. The…
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ASMI Media Releases 1. Expert Panel Falls Short 2. Self Care and the GAP Report
Expert Panel recommendations fall short on key OTC industry issue 25 June 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today said that the Expert Panel report on the regulatory framework for medicines and medical devices falls short in its recommendation to retain restrictions on the advertising of Schedule 3 medicines. ASMI’s Executive Director, Deon…
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NPS Media Releases – Tropfest Short Film Winners
THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2015 ‘A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR … AND PICKS UP A SUPERBUG’ TROPFEST AND NPS MEDICINEWISE PRESENT THE WINNING FILMS TAKING A CREATIVE LEAD ON A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE The short film ‘The Pick Up’—featuring a sultry scenario where a man walks into a bar and meets a very attractive lady…
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PSA Media Releases
June 18, 2015 PSA calls on Senators to pass Bill critical to implementation of Community Pharmacy Agreement The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) today urged the Senate not to delay the passage of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill which is the key to implementation of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement. The National President of PSA,…
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ASMI Media Releases – New PSA President
ASMI congratulates new PSA National President 17 June 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today congratulated Joe Demarte on his appointment as the new National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). ASMI Executive Director, Deon Schoombie, welcomed Mr Demarte and thanked outgoing President Grant Kardachi for his strong leadership of the…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Aboriginal Health Services & Pharmacists 2. Samuel Turner – QUT Student of the Year
June 15, 2015 National Rural health conference supports PSA’s call for more pharmacists in Aboriginal Health Services Rural healthcare professionals have supported PSA’s Budget submission in calling on the Australian Government to urgently address the lack of medication management and pharmacy services in rural and remote areas. Delegates at the 13th Rural Health conference in Darwin said…