Pharmacists support unleashing of nurses
Nurses highlight international scope expansion in advocating for the evolution of primary care The Australian College of Nursing has called for significant change to Australia’s primary care delivery model, “to …
‘One of the best of us’ honoured
Avid researcher, burnout expert and highly-sought educator Dr Karlee Johnston has been recognised by the SHPA, winning the 2023 Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award The Society of Hospital Pharmacists lauded Johnston …
‘Trailblazer of the profession’ wins Medal of Merit award
Russell Levy has won the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s Medal of Merit The award was presented on Friday evening at Medicines Management 2023 (MM2023), the 47th SHPA National …
Pharmacist skills recognition has been a ‘long time coming:’ McBride
Labor’s Emma McBride talks scope, reducing medication misadventure, and identifies the place that’s Australia’s “cutting edge” of pharmacy practice Assistant minister for mental health and pharmacist Emma McBride has addressed …
The need for fierce compassion
Pharmacists need to feel safe to speak up in the workplace, says a mental health advocate who has just been honoured by the SHPA Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) executive director …
World news wrapup: 2 November 2023
Pharmacist found to have been constructively dismissed over chain’s slow investigation of racially-motivated abuse; pharmacist saves a life after bee sting; Kiwi pharmacists fight to keep co-pay away London, UK: …
Unleashing pharmacists: the hospital perspective
Full scope, consistent funding models and a nationally consistent approach to pharmacy roles are the future, say hospital pharmacists The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has made six recommendations …
‘Inappropriate’ 60-day casting call probed
A creative agency “shouldn’t have” advertised a casting call for pharmacists and assistants to be the face of 60-day dispensing, it has been revealed Rachel Balmanno, first assistant secretary, people, …
Regular-hours workers can still be casuals under IR bill change
Pharmacy owners will have greater certainty due to changes to Labor’s industrial relations bill concerning casuals, says the Guild Labor’s Closing Loopholes Bill had come under fire from employer groups, …
From no pharmacist to ‘same level of care’
A virtual pharmacy service was able to offer rural and remote hospital patients the level of pharmacist care enjoyed by people in major cities, rural pharmacists say The data, by …
Land’s first pharmacists celebrated
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has formally released the organisation’s first Reconciliation Action Plan The release follows endorsement by Reconciliation Australia, and caps a year of advocacy and …
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What stories had our readers taking to their keyboards recently? Here’s a roundup of what you had to say After Maurice Hickey, head of policy at the Pharmaceutical Defence Association …