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As the codeine wars continue, the hospital pharmacy society has reiterated its support for reducing the availability of codeine-containing medicines Late last week, Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendon Murphy …

A new cohort of Australian hospitals have earned provisional accreditation to host Foundation Residents through the SHPA Residency Program in 2018 SHPA Chief Executive Kristin Michaels says the addition of …

Community, hospital, and academic pharmacists have formed a Pharmacists Digital Health Leaders Network to enhance use of My Health Record by pharmacists and pharmacies The 40 network members will support …

Rumours about Chemist Warehouse, pharmacists winning on the national scene and more! This week, the Australian Financial Review reported rumours that Chemist Warehouse was spending increasing face-to-face time meeting with …

Techs have an integral role to play in the pharmacy team – but how can we make training and certification more consistent, and increase opportunities to advance practice? The pharmacy …

SHPA awarded its Medal of Merit and Resident of the Year honours to two special pharmacists over the weekend Dr Michael Barras (pictured above) from Queensland was awarded the Medal …

It’s been a busy week in the pharmacy sector… There was big news in the world of banners this week, as the Malouf Group announced that it is to join …

Queensland pharmacist Dr Danielle Stowasser has been honoured with the prestigious Fred J Boyd Award 2017 Dr Danielle Stowasser was recognised by her peers at at the 43rd SHPA National …

Advancing practice credentialling, mentoring program launched at Medicines Management Conference 2017 As delegates gathered in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Friday morning for the start of SHPA’s Medicines Management Conference 2017, …

Pharmacy groups have united to launch the Advanced Practice Collaborative The Collaborative is a new committee that is planned to work collaboratively to examine and progress drivers for Advance Practice …

Revisiting a busy year in pharmacy can help continue the momentum for change and development, says Kristin Michaels This week Australia’s largest scientific pharmacy conference provides a timely moment to …

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists has sided with medical groups in their stance on the regulatory decision Last week, all State and Territory Health Ministers except for South Australia’s new …