13.08.2010
Pharmacy claims business gong
A family-run pharmacy in Sydney’s inner west has won the area’s top small business award for the first time. After 22 years as the owner of the Burwood Plaza Amcal Chemist pharmacist George Bournazos and his wife Belinda received the best... |
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12.08.2010
Pharmacy under attack
School children are being put off pursuing careers in pharmacy because of misinformation about intern placements, delegates at the Pharmacy Guild’s workforce symposium were told this week. Guild president Kos Sclavos said a careers guidance... |
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11.08.2010
Pharmacist oversupply a `myth`
Industry media, profession leaders and students are spreading misinformation about the oversupply of pharmacists in Australia, according to Pharmacy Guild president Kos Sclavos. Speaking at the Guild`s workforce symposium in Canberra yesterday, Mr... |
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06.08.2010
Pharmacists want script rights
Australian pharmacists overwhelmingly want prescribing powers but prefer a role in supplementary prescribing over an independent prescribing role, according to a new study. In a survey of more than 1,000 pharmacists, published in Pharmacy World... |
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06.08.2010
Coalition plans medicines gift for boomers
Coalition plans to expand eligibility to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card have been welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Medicines Australia. Speaking to Pharmacy eNews after a meeting with opposition health spokesman Peter... |
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06.08.2010
Losing control of health care
Pharmacy is in a position to bring accessible, easy to understand and practical health solutions to the public, after a survey revealed 60 per cent of Australian people are having trouble managing their own health. The latest AustraliaSCAN survey... |
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04.08.2010
Overseas online pharmacies a threat
Australians are taking their health into their own hands, with new research showing one in 10 consumers bypass their doctor and use online pharmacies to purchase medicines without a prescription. The Medicine Compliance survey of 2,511... |
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03.08.2010
No golden years for pharmacists
One-third of pharmacists work up until and beyond traditional retirement age, analysis of ABS data shows. The review of data from the 2006 ABS census, published in the Medical Journal of Australia yesterday, highlights substantial differences... |
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26.07.2010
Pharmacists out of touch on CMs
More than half of pharmacy customers think pharmacies should employ a natural medicine practitioner with many feeling pharmacists are ill-equipped to counsel them about complementary medicines, a new survey reveals. The survey, published in BMC... |
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23.07.2010
Registration crisis hits pharmacy
Newly-qualified pharmacists have found themselves unable to practise and out of work following difficulties signing up to the new national registration scheme. Pharmacy eNews has learned young pharmacists in Queensland have been told by the... |
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