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EDITORIAL for Monday 15 June 2015
Welcome to this weeks edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated 15 June, 2015. Well, if it has not become obvious pharmacy is set to be pulled apart and deliberately damaged by a multi-faceted group of pharmacy critics aided by government. The 5CPA management is about to become the focus of a parliamentary investigation…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 8 June 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 8 June 2015. This week we continue to look at marketing approaches and competition that will be disruptive to all of pharmacy unless pharmacy leaders step forward and repair the holes in the fabric of pharmacy. These are not small holes…they are…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 1 June 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated 1 June 2015. This week still sees some confusion and disappointment after the signing of the 6CPA agreement. While it does not provide the “certainty” that some commentators are reporting, it does give a five-year hiatus before any major disruptive changes are inflicted on…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 25 May, 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday 25 May, 2015. This week we see and hear commentary and debate on the 6CPA with not all detail released and on the table for all to see. In many ways, the 6CPA seems a clumsy attempt to appease all of the critics…
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EDITORIAL for Monday, 18 May 2015 + Sussan Ley Media Release
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 18 May, 2015. This week we have concentrated on looking at elements of a new paradigm pharmacy that can promote clinical services. With 6CPA negotiations seemingly out of the way (but still mysteriously under wraps at the time this edition was circulated),…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 11 May, 2015
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine commencing on Monday 11 May, 2015. Those of us who have been involved with the PBS scheme since its inception can remember the “down and dirty” tactics that were inflicted on pharmacists since its inception, until the commencement of the Community Pharmacy Agreements. These…
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EDITORIAL for 4 May 2015
Welcome to i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for the week commencing 4 May 2015. This week our focus is on leadership – or more specifically, the lack of it. We tuned in to some of the major global thought leaders and found that leadership problems did not just reside in Australian pharmacy but it was…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 27 April 2015
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 27 April 2015. Again, we are seeing a round of mainstream media releases that could only be termed “vindictive”. i2P reminds its readers that the Abbott government and the Murdoch Press have formed an unholy alliance and that 6CPA negotiations are under…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 20 April 2015
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) for the week commencing Monday 20 April 2015. Well, this week it would seem that the whole World is talking about vaccine policy and the elements that are being attempted to be built in to those policies. Australia, it seems, with the help of the…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 13 April 2015
Welcome to the weekly edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated 13 April 2015. Well, this week it’s a case of whether you want to start with the good news or the bad news. Given a choice, the good news should take preference, so here we go…. In a surprising move the PSA has launched…