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Doctors V Pharmacists · The Slippery Slope

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  Hi, I'm Jacob Allen. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery. Slope, so serious question, does
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  anyone mind if I cancel a group cancel?
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  Someone cancel them on the internet serious question
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  because, you know, people always trying to cancel me or give
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  taking on BET. Something argue have a goal of
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  me ever dig at me about something and I'm reading this
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  story, I'm thinking this is ridiculous.
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  The headline is says that A GPS blast out of control
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  pharmacists, I'll say straight up before we get into it I'm on
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  the side of the GPS here. General Practitioners, the
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  doctors, I think the pharmacist are out of control go through
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  this article. It says a war of words has
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  erupted between the peak bodies for general practitioners and
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  Community Pharmacy, owners with one side accused of whipping up
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  a media frenzy after they labeled the out of the other.
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  Out of control. The confrontation was sparked by
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  reporting of the speech given by the pharmacy.
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  Guild, president Trent to me who, allegedly labeled GPS twits
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  who had their sector to become commercialized is the funny that
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  the pharmacy person. Spokesperson is labeling another
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  section commercialized. I mean the whole idea of anyway
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  gay ignorant. So in his speech to students in
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  Canberra Professor to me because we all know if your professor,
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  you're very wise pushed for pharmacists, to be given greater
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  powers to prescribe medications. He goes on to say, we do not
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  support at the pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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  Being unable to only prescribe. If someone else is looking over,
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  my shoulder Professor to me said, according to reporting in
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  the Australian Journal of Pharmacy, you don't see a
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  plumber needing. Look over the shoulder of an
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  electrician before they put in your air conditioner.
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  Listen. I don't, I don't think he's an
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  LG makes a lot of sense. Farm, electricians and plumbers
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  have completely different roles and yeah.
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  Okay. You don't see them looking over
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  each other shoulders because they have a different role and
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  they understand what their role is.
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  That's why they both stay in their Lane plumber is not an
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  Attrition you deal with water pipes, okay?
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  Sewerage liquids. Obviously, you're not an
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  electrician. Also, vice versa electrician is
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  not a plumber. They both stay in their lanes
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  because they understand what their role is.
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  He went on to explain the benefits of pharmacist, being
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  able to prescribe dispense, administer and review
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  medications so quick question. Do you really want a pharmacist,
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  a pharmacist, not a, doctor or pharmacist?
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  Wanting a prescriptions. Say it may depend on your own
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  mindset and where you are with your medical, you know, with
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  your medical practitioner, what kind of oversight you really
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  want? A lot of people would like it
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  just to be overseen by a pharmacist.
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  Someone who doesn't ask too many questions, let's not get into
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  too much detail. Anyway, goes on the president of
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  the royal Australian College of general practitioners said the
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  speech was nothing short of astonishing.
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  The pharmacy Guild is out of Control dr.
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  Nicole Higgins said in the statement, she said this, the
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  speech should send a shiver down the spines of politicians
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  everywhere. The language used the Brazen
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  way. He addresses very serious,
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  health care issues and the underlying arrogance and forming
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  this speech demonstrates that the pharmacy Guild should be
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  approached wearily Professor to me, discussed issues facing the
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  entire health system which he Orderly described as stuffed in
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  Queensland. Pharmacists are allowed to
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  refill and prescribe certain medications, and similar Pilots
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  are being rolled out in Victoria and New South Wales.
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  Partly. As a way to reduce pressure on
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  GPS on GB clinics the dr. Higgins said the Band-Aid
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  solution such as extending prescribing Powers would not fix
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  the GP crisis part of the skill, general practice of general
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  practice. It is knowing when not to
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  prescribe dr. Higgins said, the pharmacy?
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  Guild seems to think that everything can be fixed with a
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  drug pharmacist. Just don't have the expertise
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  and training to perform the function of prescribing
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  medications. That is a job that should be
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  left to Medical practitioners. The pharmacy, Guild, hit back
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  because you know, it's a boxing match.
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  Apparently saying that Professor Guild stood by his the speech
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  and wood. Always speak out in the best
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  interests of patients, while promoting safe, evidence-based
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  Healthcare, it is disappointing. But unsurprising, that the GP
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  group has repurposed Professor to his comments to whip up a
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  Medi media frenzy a spokesperson said in a statement.
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  So all I've got to say, this is the whole reason why I am
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  canceling Professor to me and the pharmaceutical Guild of
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  Australia. Whatever ik pharmacist in
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  General for one. I've been involved, had doctors.
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  You know, you get a hold of a good doctor, they will give you
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  advice and a good doctor or say, Hey, you can take this
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  medication or perhaps we can look at it.
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  You know, you may need more natural natural ways of fighting
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  whatever it is, that you're trying to that.
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  You're looking for assistance in.
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  Okay. Look for instance, if you maybe
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  have some slight blood Shh issues with blood pressure or
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  maybe your cholesterol is getting up, starting to get a
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  little higher. I have had a doctor say hey,
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  your cholesterol is this meat. Hi, you can't get on medication,
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  jump on medication straight away, or we could look at maybe
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  dies, maybe up in your exercise with the more we can look at
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  other ways to combat this issue. They don't just jump straight
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  onto medication medical and this is the issue with pharmacists
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  pharmacists by the very name, their very nature Nature is will
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  sell you Pharmaceuticals. They work with a pharmacy
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  pharmaceutical industry. They are always going to sell
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  you a product. That's the difference between a
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  GP and a pharmacist. The GP is getting paid to give
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  you knowledge his understanding of things.
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  Okay. What he has studied, he is not
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  just going to prescribe you a medication.
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  He's not getting he's not getting paid to just prescribe
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  medication. Pharmacist they are all about
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  selling your product. Hopefully, you find yourself a
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  good doctor who will have your best interests at heart and not
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  just trying to sell you a product.
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  So there you go. I'm canceling pharmacist
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  everywhere in Australia. You're all just out to make
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  money. Let's be real.
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  You have to sell a product. Don't pretend you're not.
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  That's my opinion. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope.