30 April 2010

National newsletter

New Supplier for Guild Calendars

Dear Members

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia calendars have been produced by Freeman Productions since
1998. From 2011, Freeman Productions has elected, due to family ill health, not to proceed
with supplying Guild Members with calendars.

Gold Cross is working closely with an alternative calendar supplier - Olympia Publishing - and
they will be sending out an order brochure in the May edition of Community Pharmacy.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia calendar is an exceptional marketing tool used by Members
for over 60 years to promote their pharmacy to customers. The calendar is also a constant
reminder to the Australian public of the importance of pharmacy and a reinforcement of the
Guild’s contribution to the Australian health industry. I urge you to support the calendar that
supports all Guild Members.

If you would like more information about the new calendar supplier, contact Olympia
Publishing on Free Call 1800 628 388.

Download the order form here

Buy your next new or used car through Australasian Vehicle Buying Service, the Pharmacy Guild's National car buying service and save.

Enquires are welcome.

For more information visit www.avbs.com.au or call the help support desk during business hours.

Telephone 1300 76 49 49
Fax: 1300 76 49 47

Planning and organising events all year round
is easy with the Pharmacy Guild Wall Planner.
The planner includes important national and
international dates.
For more information contact Gold Cross.

To assist with merchandising your pharmacy,

Chas Clarkson offers Guild members an extensive range of merchandise material at a 10% discount, catering for every occasion including sales, Mother's Day, Easter, Christmas and other theme and seasonal events.

Chas also offer a huge range of point of sale material including: shelf talkers, sale signs, refund and exchange signs, sale posters, balloons, dump bins, gift vouchers, gift paper, gift wrap and much more

For more information contact Gold Cross.

The pocket size Guild Family Health Diary is an excellent pharmacy promotional tool.

It features information on health and medicine related issues and a bookmark highlighting your pharmacy details and the various services you offer.

For more information and to order contact Gold Cross or click here to download an order form.

The Guild Medication Manager is a popular customer giveaway, designed to help your customers manager their medication by storing prescriptions, Medicare card and health benefit information.

The wallet has a clear plastic back for convenience, and your pharmacy details are clearly overprinted on the front cover.

For more information and to order contact Gold Cross or click here to download an order form.

With more pharmacy jobs than any other source, jobs4careers.com.au is the leading jobs site for the pharmacy industry. By advertising on jobs4careers.com.au you'll have the chance to attract the best candidates for the job. And the process for registering and advertising is easier than ever. Visit and register an account on http://jobs4careers.com.au today!

9 Great Reasons To Advertise On jobs4careers.com.au

1. More pharmacy jobs than anywhere else - with more pharmacy jobs than any other website or publication, jobs4careers.com.au is the leading destination for job seekers.

2. Ongoing promotion - we're constantly promoting jobs4careers.com.au to bring more job seekers to the site... and to your ad.

3. Cost-effective - not only is it cheaper to advertise on jobs4careers.com.au than general job sites, but as a niche site devoted to the pharmacy industry, jobs4careers.com.au enables your ad to be seen by more qualified candidates. So you get great value and won't waste your investment on people looking for non-pharmacy jobs.

4. Attract quality candidates quicker - potential job applicants don't have to wade through irrelevant jobs to find a pharmacy role... so you don't have to wait so long to get a response to your ad.

5. Quick and easy to use, working for you 24/7 - we've designed jobs4careers.com.au to be as easy as possible to use. You can focus on attracting and hiring the best people... not on working out how to use our site! And best of all, jobs4careers.com.au will be working hard for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

6. Helpful tools - managing your listings is easy with the ability to view statistics, weekly reports, and manage job applications.

7. Technology to make your life easier - you can instantly receive resumes, and sort and match them to quickly find the most suitable applicants.

8. Job mapping - our powerful job mapping feature allows candidates to find the jobs closest to home, making jobs4careers.com.au even more appealing to the best candidates.

9. Regular email newsletters - you'll receive helpful newsletters packed with news, trends, tips and more.

Visit and register online free at jobs4careers.com.au today.  If you're looking for a job in pharmacy, or looking for staff in pharmacy, make sure you visit Australia's largest online job listing service for pharmacy.

MBF and The Pharmacy Guild are working together to offer you the following great healthcare benefits: 

•         Save on average 11.26% on your private health insurance with MBF HealthLink Corporate products#

•         Up to 90% of the charge back on general dental and selected optical, physiotherapy and

chiropractic services at MBF Member Care Providers*

•         A waiver of the 2 & 6 month waiting periods on extras - so you can claim immediately

on most extras services^

SWITCH AND YOU WON’T WAIT

If you currently have health cover and switch to an equivalent level of cover with us, you won’t have to reserve your waiting periods for services you were previously covered for.+

IN2LIFE - MBF'S HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM

Find out your 'real health age' with MBF's Health Risk Assessment. And, get great discounts and offers from partners such as FitnessFirst, Rebel Sport and on movie tickets.++

How to join The Pharmacy Guild Corporate Health Plan

• call 1300 653 525 and quote corporate ID 232984

• visit your local MBF centre

• or mbf.com.au/corporate and enter your Username: pharmacyguild and

  Password: healthplan

Download the information flyer here

# 11.26% saving is the national average saving on our packaged HealthLink products compared with the equivalent stand-alone products normally offered to retail customers. The level of saving

depends on the state in which the customer resides, the product and the excess selected by the customer. * Up to the Limits of your cover. ^ Only available if you're a new Bupa Australia member andtake up both hospital and extras cover through your company's health plan with MBF. Must also join MBF within the first 2 months of commencing employment with your company to be eligible. Not with other offers. Other waiting periods apply. + Applicable if you transfer within 60 days of leaving your previous health insurer. Waiting periods may apply for benefits not fully covered with your previous health cover. Any unserved waiting periods apply. ++ Visit www.mbf.com.au/wellness for a full list of partners, partner offers and terms and conditions.

The Medication Management Review Online Training Course provides training for pharmacists to become accredited to carry out medication reviews. An increasing demand for medication reviews, as a paid service, makes this course a 'must do' for pharmacists.

Why you should log on to www.mmrtraining.guild.org.au

• Access to state of the art training sessions in your own home or pharmacy in your own time.
  
• Improved knowledge and skills through group interaction with peers, coordinated by an expert as the facilitator.
  
• Clinically structured course, involving varied case studies with particular emphasis on geriatric pharmacotherapeutics.
  
• Access to course training material on line.
  
• Maximum 20 participants, per course over 6 weeks.
  
• Assistance to improve skills in communicating with consumers and other health professionals.
  
• User-friendly internet-based process, involving varying degrees of interactivity.

The Motorpass card is more than a fuel card.

Accepted at more than 14,000 outlets around Australia you can pay for fuel, service, repairs, tyres and batteries. Guild members are entitled to a discounted membership fee and there are no transactions fees and accounting is simple with annual tax summaries.

For more information and an application form please contact Gold Cross.

Pharmacies continue to expand their offering, with many of them now providing expertise and product ranges that include health supplements, toiletries, cosmetics, hair care and baby care.

TorchMedia's Pharmacy Channel provides your information-hungry audience with crucial brand and product messages.

To find out more about having the Pharmacy Channel installed in my pharmacy for free, please download the expression of interest form.

As the leading and independent website advertising professional practices for sale, practice4sale.com.au is dedicated to helping you attract more potential buyers ... and getting you top dollar for your practice. And, by allowing you to keep your identity and location private, you can advertise with less risk of staff or competitors finding out about your plans, or your financial or operational details.

10 Great Reasons to Advertise Your Pharmacy on practice4sale.com.au

1. High Demand:

With more buyers than sellers, practice4sale.com.au is a "sellers market" ... giving you terrific odds of getting a higher price and better deal for your practice.

2. More Pharmacies For Sale than any other site:

practice4sale.com.au is the place to visit in order to buy a pharmacy. With so many brokers and buyers on the site ... can you afford not to advertise on the site?

3. Ongoing Promotion:

We're constantly promoting practice4sale.com.au to bring even more buyers to the site ... and to your ad.

4. Completely Confidential:

You can advertise your practice while keeping your identity and location private, so you never have to disclose any financial or operational details to unwanted competitors. When someone expresses their interest in your practice, you can liaise with them and reveal any relevant details.

5. Cost-effective:

Because we're a niche site devoted to professional practices, your ad will be seen by more qualified business buyers. Plus, your total investment is less than advertising in traditional publications.

6. Registered Prospects Only:

Only registered users may view your ad, which means more qualified buyers will see your listing.

7. Attract Quality Buyers Quickly:

Potential purchasers don't have to wade through listings or irrelevant businesses ... which means you don't have to wait so long to get a response to your ad.

8. Quick and Easy to Use, Working for You 24/7:

We've designed practice4sale.com.au to be as easy as possible for you to use. You can focus on attracting and speaking with potential buyers ... not trying to work out how to use our website! Plus you'll have tools to manage your practice listing and view statistics. And best of all, practice4sale.com.au will be working hard for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

9. Regular Email Newsletters:

You'll receive helpful newsletters packed with news, trends, tips and more.

10. The Ideal Compliment to Using a Broker or Advisor:

Just as real estate agents advise their clients to advertise on the major real estate sites, more and more brokers and advisors are advising their clients to list on practice4sale.com.au. If you use a broker or advisor ... insist they advertise your business on practice4sale.com.au.

Visit www.practice4sale.com.au today for pharmacy for sale and pharmacy partnership listings.

Special Offer – Save

Gold Cross is proud to announce a special corporate rate for Guild Members with Qantas Club.

It's easy to join. Simply call Qantas on 13 13 13 and quote the Pharmacy Guild Member /Gold Cross corporate scheme number 5088163 or you can download the application form at the link below.

Please remember to insert the corporate scheme number

Existing Qantas Club members are eligible for the special rate at the conclusion of their current annual membership.

Recall ensures the total destruction of not only your paper documents, but also media such as disks,tapes and CDs.

For more information call 1300 366 011.

Save on a variety of floor matting including Anti-fatigue and Waterhog Entrance matting with the General Mat Company.

For more information download the information flyer/order form here or contact Gold Cross.

This information wall chart is published by
Setform and endorsed by The Pharmacy Guild.
It is designed as an information resource for
day-to-day usage within the working areas of
pharmacists and practice staff.
Published in an easy-to-read format with an
eye-catching design, it features important
details on customer care standards and clinical
practice guidelines. The chart also contains web
links to approved sites offering further guidance
on the safety and quality of healthcare.

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