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Thursday 03 May 2012
Reform prizes TODAY’S PD features a full page from Reform offering pharmacists the chance to win one of 50 Reform vouchers. For more details see p3.
Code consultation THE Pharmacy Board is conducting a consultation on a minor amendment to the current Code of Conduct for registered health practitioners. The amendment refers to the possibility of adding an extra paragraph on codes of ethics and the need for pharmacists to be guided by codes relevant to their practice. Interested parties are invited to comment on the proposal until 22 June, CLICK HERE for more details.
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TGA names its new Head THE Department of Health and Ageing has appointed Dr John Skerritt as the new National Manager of the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Dr Skerritt has a PhD in Pharmacology, is an adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, and is currently the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries in the Victorian Government. With 25 years worth of experience in negotiating, leading major technical and commercial collaborations with OECD and AsiaPacific countries, Skerritt has also previously served as the Deputy CEO of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and was a two term Ministerial
Start the conversation THE National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, has launched a campaign which aims at getting sufferers of the disease to talk to their healthcare providers about the latest HIV treatments. As such, the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine has put together a basic tool kit designed to help health practitioners answer questions and provide guidance on the clinical management of HIV. The campaign follows on from the release of new treatment guidelines, which recommend HIV treatment for all people living with HIV, whether the infection is recent or longer term, based on growing evidence that delaying treatment can have serious health impacts. To access the tool kit CLICK HERE.
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Liz wins straight hair CONGRATULATIONS to Liz Sleep from Monarch Chemmart Pharmacy in South Australia (pictured below with her prize) who was the lucky first draw winner of the Ltd Edition GHD Peacock Hair Straightener, courtesy of High Tech Health. For more chances to win a Hair straightener, go to www.elearning.hthealth.com because there are two more draws before the end of May to go.
appointee on the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr Skerritt currently leads more than 1200 staff (including 700 regulatory staff in two major science-based regulatory Divisions) and has more than 17 years experience managing laboratory programs and operations in diagnostics, cell culture, biomedical instrumentation, chemistry and biochemistry,â&#x20AC;? said Secretary of the DoHA, Professor Jane Halton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He also has recent experience in the regulatory reform of veterinary drugs and agrochemicals, which includes chairing a national committee of Commonwealth and State Regulators,â&#x20AC;? Halton added. Skerritt will take up the role at the TGA by the end of the month. MEANWHILE, the new appointment has been widely welcomed by the industry. Speaking in the wake of the announcement, the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Executive Director, Dr Wendy Morrow said â&#x20AC;&#x153;we look forward to continuing the open and mature dialogue which exists between Industry and the TGA, and working closely with Dr Skerritt on implementing appropriate TGA and industry reformsâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the TGA Blueprint document, levels of evidence consultation and other reviews being completed or in varying stages of implementation, Dr Skerrittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s background in regulatory reform will stand him in good stead in his new role,â&#x20AC;? she added.
Aboriginal health A NEW Aboriginal Health Precinct in Clovelly Park, Adelaide, has opened this month. The centre is designed to provide a culturally appropriate setting for employment training and healthcare service delivery.
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Thursday 03 May 2012
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The PCHR closes its doors THE Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform (PCHR), made up of The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), the Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SHPA) and the Pharmacists Division of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) has announced it will no longer operate as an entity, and that it will end its existence from this week. The PCHR launched to great aplomb in June last year, with the aim of generating awareness within the healthcare sector, the Government, and the general public, of the skills and knowledge that pharmacists can bring to the healthcare table, and which could be better utilised to improve the health outcomes of all Australians. Despite the conclusion of the PCHR, the PSA, SHPA and APESMA have said that they remain committed to the goals of the
Pharmacy Coalition for Health Reform and will “continue to build on efforts to ensure the pharmacy profession is better recognised and integrated into the wider health care sector”. “The partners will continue to seek opportunities to work collaboratively in areas where such collaboration will help meet our common goals and those of their members,” the trio said in a statement.
More NPS tools NPS has updated its online Medicine Name Finder with a new easy-to-use interface where users can type in the name of their medicine to find out more about the active ingredient and brands available, plus a link to the Consumer Medicine Information leaflet. CLICK here for more.
WIN A NUDE PAPAW OINTMENT This week Pharmacy Daily is giving 10 lucky readers the chance to win a Nude Papaw Ointment 75g Tub valued at $12.95 each, courtesy of Nude by Nature. Introducing Nude Papaw! The Naturally derived Papaw ointment. Unlike most popular Papaw ointments, Nude Papaw does not contain petrochemicals or preservatives. Instead Nude offers genuinely natural relief from only natural and naturally derived ingredients. Nude Papaw combines the fresh fermented fruit of the healing papaya with beeswax and an infusion of vanilla essential oils. Soothing natural relief on: Nappy rash, minor burns, sunburn, open wounds, chafing, gravel rash, cuts, insect bites and cracked lips. To win, simply be one of the first two people to send in the correct answer to the question below to: comp@pharmacydaily.com.au.
Fill in the blanks: “Nude Pawpaw is only derived from _____ ingredients.” Congratulations to yesterday’s and Tuesday’s lucky winners, Fay Pappas-King from Synthon, Claire Terenyi of Spencer’s Amcal Pharmacy, Catherine O’Sulllivan from Pharmore Pharmacies and Samantha Buckley of Chemplus.
',63(16$5< &251(5 DEAD tired. A Polish construction worker, Bartek Bablewski, was reported dead to police, after he decided to grab 40-winks in the backseat of his car. Apparently Bablewski so resembled a corpse when he slept that he concerned multiple members of the public. “I’d taken my shirt off because I was hot and I always sleep with my arms across my chest,” Bablewski told reporters. “The next thing I knew police and paramedics were trying to tear the door off my car. “It scared the life out of me,” he added. Bablewski added that it was not only he that got a fright, and that when his ‘corpse’ moved it “scared the life” out of the emergency response team. CYBERSPACE leads to love. It seems to be a sign of the ever increasingly technologically advanced times, when a British couple, Marie and Jay Coulbeck, chose to get engaged online during a game, before having ever met. The duo’s avatars Goddess of the Orient and Gunner reportedly hit it off instantly in the online chat room IMVU, and an internet romance was born. The pair got engaged in the game months later, and it was only after a ring was exchanged online that they anxiously decided to swap photos. Their worry came from the fact that their avatars did not entirely match their real world incarnations, however sighting photos did not dim their love, with the each saying that the other was their absolute dream. “We actually think the game is a bit silly now, but thank God we both joined or we would never have found each other,” Jay said.
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