Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 19 February 2018. Health literacy is fast becoming the focus of government interest as evidence points to the fact that people with low levels of health literacy are unable to take full responsibility for their personal health and as a consequence, do…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for Monday 5 February, 2018. We are only just beginning to engage with 2018 and already we are seeing the Australian Medical Association (AMA) stepping up its attacks on pharmacy in a defamatory manner, using dishonest metrics to support unethical accusations. Nobody benefits from…

Welcome to the first edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for the new year of 2018. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? Given that 2017 was a difficult year for most pharmacists many are still trying to establish a suitable direction for their profession. When looking for a bit of personal inspiration, I…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 11 December 2017. At this time of the year we usually go into recess over the holiday period, and appear once again in the New Year (towards the end of January 2018). 2017 was an uncomfortable year for most pharmacists as they …

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 27 November 2017. Finally, we have some sensible news on the safe vaccine front and coercive government policy (no jab-no play) in the form of a letter to the South Australian state government from the RACP requesting that a modification be made…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 13 November 2017. The Productivity Commission’s recent report, Shifting the Dial, highlights community-based pharmacy as a “significant unnecessary cost to the nation” and asks whether automated dispensing machines could replace pharmacists. The question asked is nasty in tone and implies the complete…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 30 October, 2017. Alarm bells must surely have been ringing loud and clear to all pharmacy leaders regarding two recent news reports, reported by Press Portal Online News. One concerned a medical centre development application and car parking spaces for health care…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 16 October 2017. It is interesting to note that PSA and PGA are beginning to work more closely on health issues, with the result that issues such as the sale of low dose codeine products, and the pharmacy proposition of the sale…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 2 October 2017. When I need a bit of inspiration I tend to read the written works of people who have the ability to transmit motivation through some well chosen words that focus and crystallise your own thoughts about a specific subject.…

Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday 18 September, 2017. Frustratingly, health systems in almost every major economy of the world appear to be “unbalanced” and with a cost structure raging out of control. Australia is no exception. Even more frustrating is the role that is undertaken by a highly…