pharmacists
Look long-term at workforce: Australian Pharmacist Workforce Summit
The first Australian Pharmacist Workforce Summit has underscored the need for a longer-term blueprint on the role of pharmacists in the future. The summit, held in Melbourne last week, issued …
Karalyn Huxhagen takes out QUM pain management award
Group Facilitator of the Mackay Pain Support Group, Karalyn Huxhagen, has been announced as the winner of the 2015 PSA Award for Quality Use of Medicines in Pain Management. Huxhagen …
Bruce Elliot only pharmacist in Primary Health Care Advisory Group
PSA Queensland Branch President and community pharmacist owner from Yeppoon in Queensland, Bruce Elliot, has been appointed to the newly formed Primary Health Care Advisory Group which is part of …
PSA Awards for Excellence nominations close soon
Nominations for the PSA Awards for Excellence, including Pharmacist of the Year, close on Friday, June 26, 2015. The awards, sponsored by Symbion, acknowledge and recognise some of the profession’s …
Charnwood Capital Chemist donates breast pump to hospital
The Charnwood Capital Chemist has donated an electric breast pump to the Emergency Department at the nearby Calvary Hospital in Canberra’s North. Managing partner at the pharmacy, which won the …
Cream of WA’s pharmacists announced
The best of WA’s pharmacists have been acknowledged at the Western Australian Pharmacists Award night in Perth. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia WA Branch President, Teresa Di Franco, said the event …
William Charman to lead FIP education committee
William Charman, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University has been chosen to lead the International Pharmaceutical Federation Education Initiative Steering Committee. Professor Charman was …
Attacks on pharmacists hurtful to profession: PSA
Recent media attacks on pharmacists and their integrity are both unfounded and unwarranted, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says. National President of the PSA, Grant Kardachi, says the attacks contain …
End the negativity about pharmacy
Negativity about pharmacy amongst young pharmacists is misplaced, writes PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year Taren Gill It’s an exciting time to be a young pharmacist in Australia: every problem …