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Thursday 12 Feb 2015

WA approves PSA
pharm vax training
THE Western Australian
Department of Health has
approved the Pharmaceutical
Society of Australias (PSA)
pharmacist immunisation training.
The PSA said its training was
recognised under the Australian
Vocational Education and Training
sector and accredited by the
Australian Skills Quality Authority.
The training involves two parts:
online pre-reading and face to face
workshops, and costs $550.
PSA national president Grant
Kardachi said approval of the
training aligned with moves in
other states and territories to
allow pharmacist-administered
immunisations.

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Services grab for money

THE Senate Select Committee on
Health has heard that expansion
of services for pharmacists is an
embarrassing grab for money.
At a public hearing last week
regarding the governments
proposed policies to cut the
Medicare rebate by about $5 and
freeze rebate indexation until 2018,
GPs told the Committee diversion
into alternative means of accessing
care, such as charity groups and
non-government organisations, was
likely with the rebate cut.
This would lead to a vastly
inferior health system for the poor
and disadvantaged, Alexander said,
whether accessed through clinics or
pharmacies.
As general practice go to the
wall with the new health policy,
pharmacists and the powerful
pharmacy guild were talking
about how they want to do ear
infections, Alexander said.
It is an embarrassing grab for

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PHARMACY of the Year (POTY)

finalist SuperPharmacyPlus in
Queensland contains an IGA x-press
supermarket, raising questions
about fairness, news.com.au has
reported.
Co-owner Roy Packer told the
publication the pharmacy was
nominated for the professional
services it supplies, including a
dietitian.
A Guild spokesperson was quoted
as saying the awards were run by
an independent panel of judges
and while the Guild did not support
pharmacies in supermarkets, this
was different, as the supermarket
was owned by a pharmacist, not a
corporate entity.
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money.
It is not about health care; it is
about people grabbing little bits
and cherry picking the bits that
they want, he said, adding that
fragmenting patient care was
detrimental to patient health.
A Pharmacy Guild spokesperson
said the Guild completely
rejected the assertion that seeking
broader community pharmacy
services was a grab for money.
All over the world, health
systems are making more use of the
medicine and health care expertise
of community pharmacies, and it is
about time Australia reaped similar
benefits.
CLICK HERE to read more.

Guild: Close the Gap

proposal
THE Pharmacy Guild has said it
agrees with the Prime Minister in
that, despite some improvement,
there was still so much to be
done in Closing the Gap.
The Prime Minister said 2015
would be a year focussed on action,
and the Guild said it was working
on a number of costed proposals
for the government on pharmacys
contribution to improving health
outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
These included a submission to
run a trial of a Medicines Review
Service to Remote Area Aboriginal
Health Services patients by
community pharmacies, which
would be funded through the
existing Community Pharmacy
Agreement arrangements, and
would aim to provide a culturally
appropriate Medicines Review
Service to enhance quality use of
medicines and reduce adverse drug
events, the Guild said.
CLICK HERE to read more.

HEALTH conference specialist CPD

Conferencing is seeking prospective
presenters for pharmacy
conferences which are to be held in
Borneo in Sep 2015 and Park City
USA in Jan 2016.
Expressions of interest are sought
to speak at the events, at which it is
expected pharmacists will be able
to earn CPD points.
For more info or to express interest
email cpd@cpdconferencing.com.au.

PHARMACIST
Cooee Bay Pharmacy is
seeking a motivated full-time
Pharmacist, to join our team
for a fixed term period of 6
months from May to October
2015. Applicants seeking a
part-time position are also
encouraged to apply. The
successful applicant will have
a firm background in retail
pharmacy and be professional,
highly
organised,
possess
excellent
communication
skills and be goal driven.
We are a forward thinking
pharmacy team and we focus
on delivering the highest
level of care and customer
service. To be successful in
this application you will need
to be registered with the
Pharmacy Board of Australia.

To Apply for this position

send application letter and
resume to:
Pharmacy Manager
Cooee Bay Pharmacy
Cedar Park Shopping Centre
1 Swordfish Avenue
Taranganba QLD 4703
Or email to
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Thursday 12 Feb 2015

6CPA update
THE Pharmacy Guild has put
a comprehensive proposal for
the Sixth Community Pharmacy
Agreement to the Health Minister
and other political officers.
Writing in forefront, executive
director David Quilty said the next
Agreement must address how
much price disclosure was hurting
pharmacy, with a first priority of
securing the level of remuneration
needed to ensure dispensaries
were profitable in their own right,
as well as a transparent funding
regime for services such as DAAs.
CLICK HERE to read more.

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Health economics panel

The Federal Department of Health

is tendering to form a panel of
health economic services providers.
The Department said it was
looking for economic evaluation
and modelling of health services,
programs and policies, as well as
input into health system priority
setting, with most of its health
economic services estimated to be
obtained through the panel.
The selected panel would replace
an existing panel expiring at the
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THE World Health Professions

Alliance (WHPA), of which the
International Pharmaceutical
Federation is a member, has
announced a new annual WHPA
Award in Interprofessional
Collaborative Practice.
The award aims to recognise an
outstanding interprofessional team
that has improved patients health
and promoted a collaborative
approach to healthcare.
Submissions close on 01 Mar, and
can be made through national
pharmacy organisations.
CLICK HERE for information.

the Department told PD.

Members would need to provide
these services for particular
matters, the Department said,
with an initial term of three years,
starting this year.
The tender closes on 10 Mar.
CLICK HERE to read the tender
document.

ASMI: alt S3 policy

THE Australian Self Medication
Industry (ASMI) has called for an
alternative regulatory model which
would highlight Schedule Three
options to consumers.
As part of the organisations
pre-Budget submission, ASMI
executive director Dr Deon
Schoombie said the proposed
model would be distinct from
conventional advertising in that
it would emphasise information
about symptoms, product specific
information and requirement for
counselling by a pharmacist.
The submission called on the
government to review Australias
scheduling environment as it was
not conducive to increasing access
to non-prescription medicines.
CLICK HERE to read more.

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DISPENSARY
CORNER
EDAM it!
Did you know a rare side effect
of ADHD medication can be
Nocturnal Eating Disorder?
Kate Archibald certainly does,
having been diagnosed after a
year spent waking up full and
surrounded by food packaging,
the Telegraph reported.
Archibald apparently took
Adderall for ADHD at boarding
school and would wake up hungry
as the appetite-suppressant
effects of the medication wore off.
While at school she feasted
nocturnally from the tuck box
at the end of her bed, but the
symptoms went away while she
was at university because she was
on a lower dose and didnt have
food in her room.
Archibald was formally
diagnosed after moving out with
friends where she found she
was putting on weight - as well
as enduring complaints from
flatmates about stolen food.
Apparently, the weirdest thing
Archibald ever ate was an entire
wheel of cheddar cheese.
SPEAKING of unusual appetites,
a very large newborn baby in the
USA is apparently eating twice as
much as other infants.
The 6.4 kg (14.1 lb) boy was
delivered at the St Josephs
Womens Hospital in Tampa,
Florida and is the biggest ever
baby born in the state.
His mother, Maxxzandra Ford,
said she had gained a lot of
weight during her pregnancy,
and initially thought she must be
having twins.
Baby Avery was delivered
naturally after an 18 hour labour.
The boys father, clearly a
keen football fan, proudly told
the Tampa Bay Times I got a
linebacker now instead of a
fullback.

Congratulations to yesterdays winner Donna Delgado from Jardines Chemmart Pharmacy!

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