Laura Norman is inaugural PSA-MIMS Intern of the Year
Laura Norman was named as the inaugural PSA-MIMS Intern of the Year during a ceremony at PSA15 in Sydney. The PSA-MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year Award recognises an intern …
Guidelines to standardise sleep apnoea services
Guidelines aimed at promoting the standardisation of sleep apnoea services within pharmacies in Australia have been launched at PSA15. The Practice guidelines for the provision of sleep apnoea services within …
PSA unveils Health Destination Pharmacy program
PSA’s Health Destination Pharmacy program, a coaching and development program to help pharmacies deliver financially viable health services, was officially unveiled at PSA15. PSA’s HDP program is evidence-based with proven …
Shanae Hancey is 2015 Pharmacy Student of the Year
Shanae Hancey from Western Australia was named the PSA Pharmacy Student of the Year during a ceremony at the PSA15 gala dinner in Sydney. Hancey also won the added honour …
Commence pharmacy trial program now: Demarte
PSA national president Joe Demarte has urged Health Minister Sussan Ley to commence the pharmacy trial program as a matter of urgency, at the PSA15 conference today. “These include minor …
Sussan Ley keen to see results of remuneration, location review
Health Minister Sussan Ley is keen to see the results of the review into pharmacy remuneration and location rules, she told delegates to the PSA15 conference today. “I am sure …
John Coppock honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
Pharmacist John Coppock, whose lifelong career has been focussed on his vision that the profession needs to be as united as possible in all things, has been named as the …
Amy Page named Young Pharmacist of the Year
Amy Page, a Melbourne pharmacist with a strong interest in deprescribing, the Quality Use of Medicines, geriatrics, pharmacy education and herbal medicines has been named the PSA Young Pharmacist of …
Remote pharmacist ‘Robbo’ is pharmacist of the year
Remote pharmacist and tireless advocate for improvements in Aboriginal health, Andrew ‘Robbo’ Roberts, has been named the PSA Pharmacist of the Year for 2015. Roberts is also renowned for advocating …
Clinical tips: dental and oral problems explained
Various conditions and medications can be a cause of dental and oral problems, writes Karalyn Huxhagen, as can a range of habits consumers may not realise can damage their teeth. …
King Island Pharmacy rises from the ashes
Tasmania’s King Island Pharmacy, destroyed earlier this year by fire, has re-opened, Pharmacy Alliance has announced. Co-owned by Pharmacy Alliance founder, Simon Reynolds, King Island Pharmacy was destroyed in an …
GMiA becomes Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association
From today, the Generic Medicines Industry Association will be known as the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association. After patents expire on brand name medicines, affordable generic and biosimilar medicines deliver …