Editorial
Welcome to the May 2013 edition of i2P - Information to pharmacists.
Economic turbulence seems to now be arriving in Australia with forecasts of high inflation rates, which also means high interest rates following on.
This type of economic forecast also means that banks will be more fractious with their borrowers. They are already offside with pharmacy due to the high level of bankruptcies over the past two years.
There is a pent up demand for a general wage increase for pharmacists impacting at a point in this month where pharmacy gross profit generally, is in decline.
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Loretta Marron BSc: Health Watch
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Health Politics
Staff Writer: Pharmacy Funding Governance Lacking
Professional Pharmacists Australia Spokesperson: Professional Pharmacists Hit Out at Abbott’s Penalty Rate Plans | open full screen
Peter Sayers: The Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to review science on pesticides and bee healthEPublications
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Research Reports
Dr Andrew Byrne & Associates: Effects of sublingually given naloxone in opioid-dependent human volunteers. Preston KL, Bigelow GE, Liebson IE. Drug Alcohol De | open full screen
Staff Researcher: One step closer to a blood test for Alzheimer'sPractice Development
Fiona Sartoretto Verna AIAPP: 400 sqm in Rome: the third Lapucci Pharmacy, a pharmacy full of services | open full screen
Neil Retallick: Fair Work Ombudsman Audit – People working, people out of work
Gerald Quigley: Bright eyed & bushy tailed
Joseph Conway: What is a Pharmacist worth? 
Mark Coleman: Bigger Dispensaries are not more efficient: So why have we still got the location rules? | open full screen
Anthony Huxley & Peter Krasenstein: Why extend the house if you don’t renovate it too? | open full screen
Kay Dunkley - BPharm, Grad Dip Hosp Pharm, Grad Dip Health Admin, MPS, MSHPA: Pharmacists’ Support Service welcomes support from Meridian Lawyers | open full screen
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Dr Andrew Byrne & Associates: Effects of sublingually given naloxone in opioid-dependent human volunteers. Preston KL, Bigelow GE, Liebson IE. Drug Alcohol De | open full screen
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