consultant pharmacists
Campaign launched to ‘Save the HMR’
Should HMRs be funded outside the 8CPA? These pharmacists are worried their funding is at risk With negotiations for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement underway, a group of consultant pharmacists, …
The power of connection
Five years ago, Deborah Hawthorne had quit pharmacy and believed she wouldn’t be back. How has she since become one of Australia’s leading consultant pharmacists – and one of the …
Fund HMR program outside 8CPA
New direct-to-pharmacist funding model needed to ensure viability of Home Medicines Review (HMR) program, consultant pharmacists claim Consultant pharmacists are calling on the government to fund the HMR program outside …
Care does not change purely on age: Hawthorne
Many people providing services to older people have implicit, rather than explicit, ageist beliefs, one stakeholder says – but a leading consultant pharmacist says there’s a growing understanding that age …
Consultants ‘a tough bunch,’ says winner
PSA’s inaugural Consultant Pharmacist of the Year is looking forward to the day when consultants are an everyday part of the health landscape Victorian pharmacist Deborah Hawthorne MPS has been …
MRNs won’t expire in June, delegates told
Medication Review Numbers, set to expire on 30 June, will be extended for a year, consultant pharmacists have been told David Laffan, assistant secretary, Pharmacy Branch, Australian Department of Health …
Onsite pharmacist does not equal outreach pharmacist
The government appears to have completely changed course in its plans for pharmacists in aged care facilities, says Deborah Hawthorne While the pharmacy world was already reeling regarding the announcement …
Poll: pharmacists in aged care
With the way in which residential aged care pharmacists are set to work being debated, we’d like to know what you think Then Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the establishment …
How a consultant practice community was created
Deborah Hawthorne writes about how consultant pharmacists began to support each other during Covid… and beyond It was 2020, and the COVID pandemic had been declared. Pharmacists within all organisations …
A new era for pharmacy and aged care
Evidence, expansion and individual care: A new era for on-site aged care pharmacists, says Juanita Breen The quality use of medicines (QUM), particularly psychotropic use, in residential aged care is …
New offerings from SHPA
SHPA to launch two new pathways for accredited pharmacists and embedded pharmacists in residential aged care, plus a new conference and awards All current or aspiring accredited pharmacists can undertake …
Accreditation body to close
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy to cease operation at the end of 2022, with accreditation to transition to the Australasian College of Pharmacy and PSA The Australian Association of Consultant …