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GP Practice Pharmacists – What is the Future?
Many of Australia’s accredited pharmacists have become frustrated with the “silo” they have been forced to occupy. The frustration was triggered when financing of HMR’s was manipulated so as to create “caps” on the numbers of reports that could be produced, and that a lower-level PGA inspired “Medscheck” was thrust on the scene that competed…
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Balanced view in professional opinions
The new-look Australian Journal of Pharmacy heralds a interesting direction in medical marketing and related advertising. The front cover and inside two pages tell us that Panadol Osteo is “Australia’s No 1 pain reliever brand for osteoarthritis”. Pharmacists insist on “evidence” when discussions emerge on other options for arthritic pain, and accordingly, may I supply…
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The Australian Government’s New Childcare Package
The Australian government’s recently proposed childcare package has mandated the ‘full’ schedule of childhood vaccines (up to the age of 19) in order for families to receive government welfare benefits of $15,000. This package has removed the right of parents to refuse any of the 12 vaccines recommended for infants if they wish to receive…
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Macquarie Uni Resumes Chiropractic Courses
In what must be a major upset for The Friends of Science in Medicine, Macquarie University has decided to reinstate chiropractic courses to degree levels once more. Two years ago, the president of the FSM, Professor John Dwyer approached Macquarie University with a proposal to exchange the chiropractic courses with research grants in the biomedical…
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Pharmacy as a Diabetes Information Resource – Really?
AccentHealth collected data in the US through an online survey conducted over a single week, to give a snapshot of where, and from whom, information on diabetes and advice was obtained Participants responded via AccentHealth’s national, online panel of network viewers, and the survey yielded 520 respondents who were at least 18 years of age,…
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Good leaders ask great questions
Two leaders whom I respect a great deal and whose work I have studied both stress the importance of asking questions to find answers that will unlock your success. Dale Carnegie wrote about the ten ways to be a leader. Number four is to ask questions. John Maxwell in April of this year was named…
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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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EDITORIAL for Monday 6 July 2015
Welcome to i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for Monday, 6 July 2015. The “penny” is finally starting to “drop” in that the need for a long-term plan for all of pharmacy has finally taken root. And why has this taken so long? You may well ask this question, and the answer is that all pharmacy/pharmacist…
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COSBA Support for Pharmacists Owning Pharmacies
Peter Strong is the name of the chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia, and he was invited to address the National Press Club recently about Australia’s economic health. Given that political parties of all flavours acknowledge small business as being the driver of employment and innovation within Australia’s economy, it was…
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Professional images?
I’m still trying to cope with the image of a pharmacist announcing that he was “binning the crap” or words to that affect, as he proudly announced that he no longer wanted to keep homeopathic medicines. That is his decision and is to be respected, but why would he make a goose of himself, especially…