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Hospital pharmacy program wins wellbeing award
A project that emphasises “dignity” for pharmacists experiencing sensitive personal health issues at work is the inaugural winner of the John Coppock Pharmacist Wellbeing Award The Dignity Project has been …
A nomination for wellbeing
Get your nominations in for the inaugural PSS John Coppock Pharmacist Wellbeing Award PDL would like to encourage pharmacists to get their nominations in for the inaugural Pharmacists’ Support Service …
SHPA, PSS extend partnership
SHPA and PSS highlight link between pharmacy recognition and professional wellbeing, with new deal The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has signed a new three-year Memorandum of …
Community pharmacists prone to isolation, stress
With one in two pharmacists suffering from burnout and younger pharmacists at higher risk, peer support programs could help reduce stress and boost resilience, say researchers Community pharmacists are at …
Medicolegal incidents in pharmacy: managing associated psychosocial hazards
A community pharmacist and a PDL professional officer discuss how to minimise psychosocial hazards created by medicolegal incidents in pharmacy, in a webinar moderated by PSS president Curtis Ruhnau. What …
Watch: Medicolegal incidents in pharmacy – managing associated psychosocial hazards
A community pharmacist and a PDL professional officer discuss how to minimise psychosocial hazards created by medicolegal incidents in pharmacy, in a webinar moderated by PSS President Curtis Ruhnau What …
60-day dispensing: the personal impact
Kay Dunkley, executive officer of the Pharmacists’ Support Service, talks about the impact of 60-day dispensing on individual pharmacists From a potential reduction in employment opportunities, to having to manage …
‘It causes trauma for staff’
Australians are being told to complain to pharmacy workers if they see Guild campaign materials about double dispensing… an added stressor burnt-out pharmacists really don’t need, says one sector leader …
We will get through this
Pharmacists who are feeling anxious about the future of the profession are being urged to reach out to the Pharmacists’ Support Service The introduction of double dispensing may be …
Managing moral distress
Moral distress is part of pharmacy life; Amanda Galbraith and Curtis Ruhnau discuss how to manage it, and where you’ll always find someone who will listen Amanda Galbraith and Curtis …
‘I felt terrified, but I will not allow such people to try to intimidate me’
A pharmacist talks about an extremely scary and concerning incident she experienced while working as a locum We were recently contacted by a locum pharmacist who had an horrific experience …
Celebrating the profession
Here’s what leaders from across the pharmacy landscape had to say about this year’s theme for World Pharmacists Day Happy World Pharmacists Day to all of our valued readers! “Pharmacy …