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EDITORIAL for Monday July 25 2016
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 25 July 2016. Since our last edition the entire world seems to have gone mad and in certain countries like America, it is a very unsafe place to live in. People are also feeling powerless as global corporations buy their way into…
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For Future Growth & Stability – Add an Advisory Board
Pharmacy Practice requires a clearly defined infrastructure (physical and conceptual) before the product of a pharmacy practice can be delivered. Since the bottom of the last pharmacy business cycle in 2012 there has been a general realisation that pharmacy culture must change to a new paradigm and deliver a new end product – but a…
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The Hidden Costs of Pharmacy Staff Turnover
When we talk about high staff turnover, we know that there is a loss factored to losing staff but the problem is that it is elusive. You don’t really feel its’ direct effects in the cash register. It’s a hidden cost, something that is not completely tangible, other than the costs paid to recruitment companies…
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STEM Education and Thoughts for an Advisory Board
Editor’s Note: Since pharmacists have been able to incorporate their practices. not a great deal of effort has been invested at the top end of a practice, particularly a community pharmacy practice, in the area of forward-thinking and thought leadership. This is probably because pharmacy incorporation was restricted to registered pharmacists and that meant taking…
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The Pharmacist Advocate – Happenings in a Global Pharmacy on its way to you!
Editor’s Note: In March 2016 i2P published an article by Peter Sayers regarding the globalisation of Australian community pharmacies (read http://i2p.com.au/understanding-the-impacts-of-a-global-pharmacy-invasion/ ). We also published well before the last election that Medicare privatisation issues would became the focus of that election and that the election would be basically fought on health. Future elections are likely to keep…
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Asthma Perceptions
I know that we’ve come out smelling of roses in the ethics survey this week, but our role in managing inhaler technique in asthma is under a cloud. 90 % or so of people with asthma don’t use their inhalers correctly, according to research released by the National Asthma Council. I don’t believe that this…
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To the ABC Complaints Department
Dear Mr. Maley, Further to my previous communication (13 July 2016) I would like to present you with this conclusive evidence that mandatory vaccination policies in Australia’s social welfare policy represent a danger to public health. Here is a link to Peter McIntyre’s (director of the NCIRS) own admission that the government has never collected…
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PGA Media Release – Self Managing Chronic Pain
21 July 2016 Self-managing chronic pain The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Painaustralia have produced a joint fact sheet to assist people suffering from chronic pain. The fact sheet highlights that medicines alone are not the most effective way to treat chronic pain and that people managing their pain on a daily basis get the…
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NPS Media Releases -1. Help for GP Hepatitis C Management 2. New Tool for Diabetes Adherence 3. Take Charge of Your Medicines Week
22 July 2016 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE – Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) and NPS MedicineWise NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GPs MANAGE HEPATITIS C IN PRIMARY CARE A new online learning module, Managing hepatitis C in primary care, provides GPs with an update on the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of people with chronic hepatitis C infection. Developed…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. ASMI Congratulates Minister Ley 2. World Self Medication Industry Assembly
ASMI congratulates Minister Ley on re-appointment 19 July 2016 The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today congratulated on Sussan Ley on her reappointment as Federal Health Minister. ASMI Chief Executive Officer, Deon Schoombie, said: “We look forward to continuing the constructive relationship we’ve had with Minister Ley and her office, and working on addressing our…