Australian Pharmacy Council
APC’s new leadership team announced
The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has confirmed the appointment of Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson as its new chair Roberts-Thomson, the deputy executive dean academic at the University of Sydney’s faculty of …
Council committed to supporting overseas-trained pharmacists
Eligibility fees for overseas-trained pharmacists seeking to register in Australia are being split to ensure candidates only pay for services they need The Australia Pharmacy Council is changing its Eligibility …
Remove unnecessary barriers for skilled healthcare immigration
Kruk Review calls for streamlining of requirements for internationally qualified health practitioners seeking to register in Australia, to address workforce shortages The Independent review of Australia’s regulatory settings relating to …
Pont succeeds Sansom as Council’s examinations committee chair
Australian Pharmacy Council names Professor Lisa Pont to a new role, while her research is also recognised University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS’s) Professor Lisa Pont, has been appointed as the …
The week in review
Some key reports, congratulations, more losses from the profession and more debate over 60-day dispensing all made the news this week This week health minister Mark Butler told the Guild …
Prescriber education programs accreditation standards approved
Education providers get the green light to apply to have pharmacist prescriber training programs accredited against the Australian Pharmacy Council’s new standards Following a year-long review, the board of …
GPs still say ‘no’ to independent prescribing
RAGCP reiterates opposition to the introduction of autonomous prescribing in community pharmacy in submission to the Australian Pharmacy Council Enabling community pharmacists to independently prescribe would create “perverse risks of …
Record numbers to sit intern written exam
Australia’s pharmacy workforce set for boost with close to 1500 candidates set to sit the Australian Pharmacy Council’s intern written exam in October Moves towards rebuilding the pharmacy workforce following …
Council seeks to fill Examinations Committee vacancies
Pharmacists are being invited to apply to join the Australian Pharmacy Council’s Examination Committee The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is looking for suitable candidates to join its Examinations Committee. The …
APC opens applications for aged care pharmacist training courses
Education providers can now apply to have their medication management review (MMR) and aged care on-site pharmacist training programs accredited The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is now accepting applications for …
Second round of pharmacist prescriber training consultations underway
Stakeholders invited to participate in the second round of public consultations for the accreditation standards for pharmacist prescriber education programs The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has commenced its second phase …
Sinclair to deliver APC’s Sansom Lecture
Australian International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) president-elect to give the 2023 Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) Sansom Lecture Former Pharmacy Guild of Australia national vice-president, Paul Sinclair, will discuss the importance of …