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Can I complain?
Ever been subjected to a formal complaint? Ever had one of those notices from AHPRA setting out the details of a complaint, allowing you a few weeks to respond, and then to sweat for months waiting for an outcome? There has to be system I agree, whereby a legitimate error has occurred, whereby a patient…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Cannabis Access: Cannabidiol in treatment resistant epilepsy 2. ABC: Jenny Hallam faces more drugs charges as SA Government commits to medicinal cannabis 3. HuffPost: This Family Of Doctors Wants To Change The Way You Think About Weed
1. Cannabis Access: Cannabidiol in treatment resistant epilepsy February 09, 2018 0 1509 Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid is currently under investigation as a potential therapy for severe, treatment resistant epilepsy. Unlike delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD does not cause the “high” often associated with cannabis. Instead CBD has been found to have anticonvulsant and antipsychotic effects. Anecdotes of cannabis’s…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. Dr Judy Wilyman Report: Newsletter #193 and #194 2. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: Vaccines as a Trigger for Early-Childhood Febrile Seizures 3. SMH: Flu shots mandatory for NSW medical staff in high-risk wards
1. Dr Judy Wilyman Report: Newsletter #193 and #194 Newsletter 193 Medical Tyranny in Australia “Nurses must Promote Vaccines” 6 March 2018 Re UN Expert “Astonished” at the Tunbull Government’s Anti-Democratic Slide In Australia the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) has removed the autonomy of doctors and nurses to advise their patients on vaccination based on their experiences and knowledge…
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Street Smarts put you in the fast lane
I’m back with another installment of street smarts, those skills that go beyond what is taught in school – the lessons we learn by experience and practice. Never underestimate the value and importance of “extracurricular” education. First idea: Don’t be afraid to make a decision. Be afraid NOT to make…
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Marketing Focus – 1. CORRECTION 2. CHANNELLED MESSAGING 3. MONEY-BACK IS NO GUARANTEE 4. IF ONLY I KNEW … TO NEVER SAY NO TO NEW 5. THE DEATH OF SHOPPING CENTRES
1. CORRECTION. It is a defining term. The two major corrections in share markets around the world in the first 9 days of February were timely reminders that a haemostatic process is innate and applicable to many aspects of commerce, society, politics, life and ecology. Correction does not equate to, or imply that there is…
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PSA Media Releases – Absence from work certificates within pharmacists’ scope of practice
Absence from work certificates within pharmacists’ scope of practice March 13, 2018 Issuing absence from work certificates is within the scope of practice for all pharmacists who must comply with strict guidelines recognised by the Fair Work Commission, the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) said today. Responding to concerns raised by business and…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: Getting the facts straight about methotrexate 2. National Medicinewise Awards: Call for entries
1. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: Getting the facts straight about methotrexate Free webinar Thursday, 12 April 2018 7:00 – 8:00 pm AEST Register now Dispelling the myths about low-dose methotrexate Persistence with methotrexate therapy by people with rheumatoid arthritis is variable – due partly to misconceptions about the medicine. Pharmacists play an important role in helping to reduce…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 5 March 2018
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 5 March, 2018. We note that recently, and with much fanfare, a more streamlined process has been created for doctors wishing to prescribe medical cannabis in NSW. The NSW government has partnered with the Federal Government to create a single registration process. While…
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Social Justice Programs – An Opportunity for a Patient Engagement and Health Literacy Expansion
Now that Location Rules have been made more certain through enabling legislation, it provides a level of certainty in respect of investing in services which would provide a community benefit, that in turn, could eventually be funded through government along the already familiar experience of a public/private partnership. i2P has previously expressed the opinion that…
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Confusion reigns
Because of the rather appalling protection given by the 2017 vaccination campaign, I wonder where we will go with the 2018 version. There’s certainly mixed messages about the relative effectiveness we can expect. Interestingly, I posed this question on social media a few days ago. What might we expect? Will you get vaccinated? The responses…