Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday 2 November 2015. Well its almost Christmas and the year does seem to have been a rapid one. An early Christmas present for pharmacy was delivered as part of Sussan Ley’s National Press Club on Wednesday 28 October. She delivered the announcement that the investigation into…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists ) E-Magazine, dated Monday 26 October 2015. In this edition we open up the potential of pharmacists developing and managing the economic benefits that could accrue with an association with marijuana. For the past 70 years this substance has had scientific research suppressed into its…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday, 19 October 2015. To me, this week was a politically sad week for Australia when polarised activist groups involved in freedom of speech protest marches, broke down and fought each other violently on the streets of Melbourne. Australian violence against Australians! Drone…

Welcome back to i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for Monday 12 October 2015. This week we analyse some of the issues surrounding practice pharmacists and prescribing. Prescribing is really a separate issue that while being a skill that clinical pharmacists need to acquire, it is not initially required for the role of a practice pharmacist. I…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 5 October, 2015. October is upon us and this places community pharmacy in a position to polish its financial results for the financial year as at 30th June 2015 and wondering whether the Christmas budget needs to be trimmed to provide for…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday, 28 September 2015. This week we have a diversity of topics starting with a rather unique story of an American police chief taking the initiative in dealing with the spiralling prescription abuse creating a gateway to addiction and multiple other crimes to feed…

Welcome to this weeks’ i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated 21 September, 2015. This week we see a health precinct concept launch called Healthspot  that has been taking shape around the world prior to this US launch in various formats, but with rapid development and testing over the past four years. I am talking about…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine which also coincides with the “No Jab – No Pay” legislation which was quietly introduced to Parliament on Thursday 10 September 2015 in the form of a two-part bill. Part-Bill #1- the Australian Immunisation Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015. This link was…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday, 7 September 2015. This week we see a re-arrangement of walk-in clinics within the UK. Originally established under the umbrella of NHS Trusts, these operations have become an important tool in the delivery of primary health care in the UK. Because of…

Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated August 31, 2015. Two important events took place separately on the 24th and 25th of August where the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Australian Pharmacy Council co-sponsored a UK pharmacist (Ravi Sharma) to deliver a talk on his experiences as a…