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EDITORIAL – for Monday 22 December 2014
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of Information to Pharmacists E-Magazine for the week commencing Monday 22 December 2014. This week sees the Pharmacy profession kick out of the pivotal year of 2014, with many taking an opportunity over the festive season to lick their wounds and start anew in 2015. As we have mentioned previously,…
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On The Other Side Of Christmas
Many pharmacies rely on Christmas trading to fill revenue gaps that may have occurred over the year. December turnover in pharmacy usually is around 50% above the average of the preceding 11 months and often requires taking high risk. That risk is getting higher with discount pharmacies continually expanding their market share. Also, Internet retailers…
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Lessons From Santa
No matter how you celebrate the holidays, or even which holidays you celebrate, chances are you know about Santa Claus. The jolly old elf brings merriment to the season, but he also teaches us many valuable lessons. Of course, the first is the value of giving. Aside from milk and cookies, Santa doesn’t get anything…
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Organisational Styles of Management – Some Charting Views
One of the criticisms that i2P has leveled at pharmacy proprietors/managers and their leadership body, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is their style of management. It has always been a top down hierarchical style that is slow-moving and now out of date. It concentrates excessive power at the executive end of the organisation, with members…
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PPRx – Are We One Family?
I have often reiterated that sometime in the recent past, pharmacists were a unified bunch, and supported each other no matter what their status or their leadership organisation. In those times leadership mostly occurred through the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) taking on an all-embracing attitude, with members treating their employed pharmacists with respect and…
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New 9 Strain HPV Vaccine Has Double the Aluminium.
Double the Aluminium (500 mcg) in the New 9 Strain HPV Vaccine Many of us were informed (19 December 2014) by a research fellow in infrastructure modelling, Matthew Berryman, that a new HPV vaccine covering 9 strains of HPV has just been approved by the FDA. However the notification did not include the fact that the…
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PSA Media Release – WA pharmacist-delivered vaccinations allowed
December 17, 2014 PSA welcomes WA decision to allow pharmacist-delivered vaccinations The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the Western Australian Government decision to allow pharmacists to administer influenza vaccine without prescription in accordance with the pharmacist vaccination code. The WA Government announced this week that changes undertaken to the WA Poisons regulations to allow pharmacist-delivered…
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Support for pharmacists throughout the festive season – Call 1300 244 910 to talk it over with a colleague
Not everyone enjoys the festive season. Work pressures in pharmacy over the holiday period can be substantial with the end of the year “safety-net” rush, Boxing Day sales, holiday crowds in tourist areas and access to other health services such as medial practices are often limited. Many pharmacists do not have the opportunity to relax…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Medicinewise Travellers 2. CM Interactions
BE A MEDICINEWISE TRAVELLER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON: NPS MEDICINEWISE As many Australians prepare to travel both interstate and overseas this holiday season, NPS MedicineWise is urging people to be medicinewise when travelling with their medicines. NPS Medicines Line Manager, Sarah Spagnardi, says that thinking ahead can help you plan a safer holiday and avoid potential problems with your medicines. “Having…
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Primary Health Networks must be local and multidisciplinary
In meetings last week with Ministers Dutton and Nash, the National Rural Health Alliance reiterated the principles which must inform the size, management and functions of the new Primary Health Networks (PHNs) to take over next year from Medicare Locals. Pharmacists must try and engage with these entities, some of which will be Medicare Locals…