The Kamra ta’ l-Ispizjara has the pleasure of inviting you to the second seminar of this year’s CPD programme entitled:

Patient Centred Care: A Visionary Paradigm Shift

  on Monday 4^th June at 7.30pm

 at Dar l-Ewropa, 254, St.Paul Street Valletta

 Presentations by Mr. Raymond Anderson, Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) President and President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland and Ms. M. A. Sant Fournier, Malta Chamber of Pharmacists, President.

 The seminar will address how pharmacists can enable patients to make better use of their treatment – the way forward

Discussion will focus on how health care professionals can collaborate together to enable patients to have access to treatment that they need and to make the best use of it for better outcomes and quality of life.

- Enabling patients to make the best use of their treatment: Commonwealth and European experiences.

-  Address about pharmaceutical services being rendered, medicines review, specific services to manage conditions, anticoagulant service.

- Also training allowance, remunerations of these services through NI, pharmacists’ prescriber.

- The Chamber’s Visionary Paradigm Shift   (Time-line, present, vision – POYC to further development of new models of the pharmacy system; .PMRs, ICT, seamless care – recognition of pharmacists’ services, seamless care between primary and secondary care)

Light refreshments will follow the presentations.  Annual Membership fee (50Euro) may be paid at the door.  A one-time fee per seminar of 15 Euros is applicable for non-members.

NB:  Entrance and parking into Valletta after 5pm is free.  St. Paul Street is easily accessible from near Castille roundabout.  Dar l-Ewropa is situated on the right hand-side two blocks further up from The Times building and right behind the old market building.

This event is kindly supported by Vivian Corporation – Celebrating Life since 1952

The Kamra ta’ l-Ispizjara has the pleasure of inviting you to attend this year’s CPD event with the general theme:

 A Patient Centred Pharmaceutical Service in the Community

 There will be three (3) seminars addressing different topics:

 Thursday 31^st May: Access to treatment which fits patient’s needs: Legal, policy and ethical considerations.

Venue: Professional Centre, Sliema Road, Gzira

Time: 7.30pm for 7.45pm

Monday 4^th June: Patient Centred Care: A Visionary Paradigm Shift.

Venue: Dar l-Ewropa, St. Paul Street, Valletta

Time: 7.30pm for 7.45pm

Monday 11^th June: POYC – Patient Centred Pharmacists’ service in the community.

Venue: Professional Centre, Sliema Road, Gzira

Time: 7.30pm for 7.45pm

Light refreshments will follow the presentations.  This programme is FREE for paid up members.  Non-members may settle their annual fee (50 Euro) at the door or pay a one-time fee of 15 Euro per seminar.  Certificates of Attendance will be given to those attending 2 out of 3 seminars.

A detailed programme follows:

CPD 2012 programme

The Kamra ta’ l-Ispizjara and other stakeholders discussed their views and opinion re three (3) important consultation documents concerning amendments to present legislation yesterday afternoon during a meeting held at the Medcines Authority.  These are:

1.Consultation Document on the amendment to Legal Notice 315 of 2006 – Medicines Authority (fees) Regulations, 2006, as regards fees related to product registration activities where malta is reference member state in the european procedures (Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedure)

2. Consultation Document on implementation of Directive 2010/84/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 amending, as regards pharmacovigilance, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.

3. Consultation Document on the proposed amendments to Subsidiary Legislation 458.16 (Legal Notice 279 of 2007 as amended (Pharmacy Licence Regulations, 2007) and to Subsidiary Legislation 458.49 (Legal Notice 292 of 2006 – Prescription and Dispensing Requirements Rules).

Kamra members have access to these documents which may be downloaded from the members area.  We shall keep members posted with the Kamra’s feedback re these documents in due course.

The Kamra is striving to improve and upgrade its website so as to be able to make it a reference point for both pharmacists as well as the general public.  As a start the website has undergone a number of changes and more will be in place by the end of May.

1. Pharmacy Services Information Page: Those pharmacists who have received a receipt for membership payment may now fill in the template re their pharmacy services so as to get it ready for the end of May which is when the information page will GO LIVE.  In this section each Managing Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner may have an allocated space to display the services on offer at the pharmacy.  The applicable fee per pharmacy shall be of 25 euros.  To qualify for this it is imperative that the Managing/Full-time pharmacist is a paid up member for the present year.

The annual membership fee for pharmacists is 50 euros until the end of the year.  Please refer to Membership Renewal below to pay your membership NOW!  Pharmacy Owners (non-pharmacists) will be approached in the coming days to be informed of this new service however in the meantime it is advisable that the pharmacists reading this e-news inform their employers.

2.   Introduction of Members Area with drop down The Kamra Answers where you will find practice related Q & A mainly developed following individual queries as well as Continuing Professional Development Programmes held regarding Ethical, Legal Responsibilities and Liabilities of Pharmacists. This area will be password protected with members for the present year having received a password by now.

3.   New area under construction – Campaigns – will be in advanced stage of development by end May. All those pharmacies paying  the 25 euros fee for the Pharmacy Services Information page will be automatically listed here unless they decide otherwise. Information regarding specific ongoing Campaigns will be sent later.

4.   Situations Vacant/Wanted may now be found under Career Development – Job Opportunities.

If you have not paid up your membership please go to Membership in The Chamber area and follow the instructions on how to pay your membership.  Your support is necessary wherever you are practicing.

As always we kindly ask you to send us your feedback good or bad we appreciate it and helps us improve.

Please note that DH and POYC circulars pertaining to this reform have been posted in the Members Area.

The Medicines Authority in collaboration with the Malta Council for Science and Technology and the Innovative Medicines Initiative will be organising an Information Session on the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and give information on the fifth call for proposals.

Representatives from the Innovative Medicines Initiative will deliver an information session on 2nd April 2012 at 08.45hrs at the Medicines Authority in Gzira. The main purpose of the information session is to provide practical information with regard to IMI and the fifth call for proposals and to give potential applicants the opportunity to interact directly with representatives of
the Innovative Medicines Initiative. The session will be opened by Hon. Minister Dr. Jason Azzopardi.

Download Information Session on the IMIs

This year the Campaign will focus on the positive outcome of kidney transplantation and the life-saving aspect of organ donation. The slogan for this year’s campaign is Donate  -  Kidneys for Life  -  Receive.

Please take some time to follow the link below and update yourself on Kidney Disease and why not Get Involved and take the Kidney Test available on the site!

http://www.worldkidneyday.org/