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Phoctors and Docpharms
In these days of constant change or business disruption we often find ourselves in a constant state of anxiety. This is not good for mental health and is probably the underlying reason why mental health issues have shown such a massive increase across the spectrum of entire populations, over the past five years As a…
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The Rules of Engagement For Practice Pharmacists Being Debated
The two leadership organisations, The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) have been involved in preparing position statements in respect of pharmacists working within the environment of a GP practice. At this point in time I have been able to find a reasonably comprehensive document published by the PGA,…
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A Pharmacy Hub- Providing Advanced Patient Investigations and Linking to all Health Providers
In a recent i2P article a novel design and brand for a walk-in clinic was identified, and its rollout across the US. Its’ target market vision is 62,000 pharmacies – every single pharmacy operating within the US. (Read: Telehealth and Telemedicine – a major pharmacy opportunity in Healthspot Concept ). Of course, it will eventually land in Australia…
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The Concept of a Precinct Pharmacy – a Different Form of Collaboration
We are all aware of the changing dynamics with our own profession of Pharmacy and the fact that it is a global phenomenon, even where different health funding models exist. We have seen the rapid growth of Retail Clinics in the US after a decade of evolution. The now accepted model is showing a high…
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A Former Community Pharmacist Now a Practice Pharmacist- We Have a Q & A With Him
Clinical service pharmacists basically find themselves as a “divided bunch” and have an unclear vision for the future. Certainly they have been derailed by having their voice taken from them by the PGA/PSA controlled Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP), which incidentally, had its named changed from the original which had “pharmacist” in the title.…
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Walk-In Clinics for UK Pharmacies
UK community pharmacies are considering the adoption of a US style “walk-in” clinic that involves collaboration with clinical nurse practitioners, to ease the burden on an overstretched NHS service. Walk-in centres were more likely to be used by those aged 16-45, with women slightly more likely to attend according to a recent Monitor review. Since…
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Practice Based Pharmacy – Is it the future direction for pharmacists?
Having recently shifted house, I am still locating items long forgotten. One of the many treasures I stumbled upon was an 1890 formulary for pharmaceutical chemists, containing a myriad of formulations, for a myriad of problems and many of which I became intimately acquainted with during my apprenticeship. Formulas and directions for making Syr Ferri…