Welcome to this edition of i2P (information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 16 May 2016. It is acknowledged that working interactively and collaboratively across professional and organisational silos, is more likely to lead to research and work experiences that is relevant, timely and contributes to effective policy and practice – a professionally satisfying experience. Acknowledging…

Welcome to our new edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 2 May 2016. I have noted with dismay that a recent AJP poll of 1300 pharmacists indicated that 61 percent of them were contemplating leaving the profession. One reassuring aspect of this is that this 61% of obviously depressed pharmacists represents about…

Welcome to this edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 18 April 2016. In this edition we express concerns for the general state and quality of our political leadership, both in national terms and internal pharmacy. We seem to be losing our sense of democracy with leaders appearing to be forever compromised and becoming…

Welcome to this edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated 4 April 2016. In his edition we focus on the road ahead for community pharmacy, and by extension, all other pharmacists. I can come to no other conclusion that Stephen King, chair of the Review Committee into Location Rules and Ownership Rules is there to…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 21 March 2016. Well, this week saw the completion of another APP Conference and judging by the number of gloomy faces treading the corridors of power, not all went as intended. They were all mouthing the name “Stephen King” and he seemed…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday, 14 March 2016. This week we have devoted some time and effort to understand what is happening in the world of independent community pharmacies and how it is shrinking in terms of market share and the planning behind the forces driving these agendas.…

Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 7 March 2016. This week we have developed our article mix to hopefully wake up the pharmacist community to the massive disruption that is currently on our doorstep. We have decided to look into the immediate future at this disruptive processes that will…

Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 29 February 2016. This week has seen a Sydney compounding pharmacy closed after one of its patients was hospitalised following administration of an intravenous vitamin treatment from its hydration clinic. The Sydney hydration clinic had opened at the end of January 2016…

Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 22 February, 2016. This week we focus on the evolving pharmacy workplace and how it has to become happier. The ingredients are generally well known, but are not practiced too well these days. Essentially, community pharmacists must aspire to become leaders and…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 15 February 2016. Time is running out for Australian Pharmacy and one of the main reasons is that disruptive technologies are enabling pharmacy’s predators to become quicker on their feet and chip away larger “chunks” of pharmacy territory. Our predators have one…