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Public Forum Sydney to Discuss the Government’s ‘No Jab No pay’ Policy
The Australian Federal government is planning to amend its social welfare policies to make the continually expanding national schedule of vaccines compulsory for children of all ages to receive government welfare benefits. In this proposed legislation, the Social Services Minister is removing conscientious objection to vaccination (a medical intervention) based on ‘personal, philosophical or religious’…
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Quality of Leadership Can Make or Break a Business
The success of a business truly lies with the people who work in the business. However, how a team performs is generally a direct result of the ability of their leaders to lead. It has been said that team members will treat customers in the same way as leaders treat their team. It’s unfortunate that…
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BMJ article: increasing overdoses but they ignore known solutions (+ Hari TED talk).
Dear Colleagues, There is no more ‘final’ statistic regarding drug use than overdose deaths. And in England the official figures go back to Victorian times, then often involving opium, laudanum and other strong drugs including alcohol. The British Coroner’s Act of 1844 was ahead of its time and even pre-dated the famous Broad Street Pump…
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Recent News and Information 1. EHR System 2. Sydney Addiction Seminar 3. New iMIMS
Developing a 21st century electronic health record system Minister for Health Sussan Ley today announced the Committee that will oversee the rebooted personalised My Health Record system for patients and doctors as part of a $485 million package to deliver Australians an electronic medical record system. Ms Ley announced the appointment of Ms Robyn Kruk…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Medical Cannabis Dispensing 2. GP-Pharmacist Connect
October 7, 2015 PSA welcomes key role for pharmacists in dispensing medicinal cannabis Victorian pharmacists will play a pivotal role under proposals announced by the Victorian Government to make medicinal cannabis available to some patients under exceptional circumstances from 2017. Acting National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Michelle Lynch, said that under the…
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ASMI Media Release – Restrictive Access to Medicines
Federal Government’s disappointing interim decision will restrict consumer access to medicines 01 October 2015 The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) said it is extremely disappointed with the Federal Government Scheduling Delegate’s interim decision to up-schedule over-the-counter cough/cold medicines and analgesics that contain codeine to Schedule 4 (Prescription Only). ASMI Chief Executive Officer, Deon Schoombie, said:…
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NPS Media Releases 1. Be Medicinewise Week 2. Be Medicinewise Campaign
9 OCTOBER 2015 BE MEDICINEWISE WEEK 2015: YOU’RE NEVER TOO EARLY/SMALL/COOL/BUSY/OLD TO BE MEDICINEWISE Be Medicinewise Week 2015 runs next week from 12-18 October, encouraging Australians to be medicinewise at all ages and life stages. Now in its fifth year, Be Medicinewise Week reminds Australians about the importance of using medicines safely and appropriately. Throughout…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 5 October 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 5 October, 2015. October is upon us and this places community pharmacy in a position to polish its financial results for the financial year as at 30th June 2015 and wondering whether the Christmas budget needs to be trimmed to provide for…
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A Pharmacy Hub- Providing Advanced Patient Investigations and Linking to all Health Providers
In a recent i2P article a novel design and brand for a walk-in clinic was identified, and its rollout across the US. Its’ target market vision is 62,000 pharmacies – every single pharmacy operating within the US. (Read: Telehealth and Telemedicine – a major pharmacy opportunity in Healthspot Concept ). Of course, it will eventually land in Australia…
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The Dream of Owning Your Own Pharmacy
At one stage of my life I was a mentor to all students being hosted in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. I found the exercise quite stimulating, but I found that there was a single question from every mentee that was common to all. It was: “How do I get to own my own…