Kay Dunkley
Webinar: Managing psychosocial hazards in the pharmacy workplace – a legal & ethical overview
Work health and safety (WHS) regulations requiring businesses to manage psychosocial hazards have been in effect since 2022. A community pharmacist and an employment lawyer discuss implications for pharmacy 5 …
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 …
Union ‘concerned’ about consequences of 60-day dispensing
Warnings of potential job losses stemming from draft Budget plans to introduce double dispensing is concerning union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) Employee pharmacists are being urged to contact the …
Pharmacy under pressure
The trauma of working through bushfires and COVID-19 has placed pharmacy staff at the highest risk of psychological impact, a new article says Despite a global pandemic following a season …
The Mo Foe outcome
Pharmacy was the winner as two journalists cast aside their vanity to raise money for PSS in the #MoFoes campaign AJP editor Chris Brooker (pictured before Mo removal) and Pharmacy …
Stress test
The stress of COVID has seen a spike in people seeking help with mental health issues, while calls to the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) reveal anxiety levels among pharmacists themselves …
Managing stress in a pandemic
Pharmacists are dealing with a unique situation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Kay Dunkley from the Pharmacists’ Support Service describes some ways you can lessen the resultant stress, plus what you …