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Nov 2, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |JOhn Smith |John Smith |Paul Sapardanis |Usman Hameed
Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) executive director receives the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s (SHPA’s) highest honour Described as being the embodiment of the very best of the profession, veteran hospital pharmacist and mental health advocate, Kay Dunkley has been named as the SHPA’s 2023 Fred J Boyd Award winner. Presenting the honour at theThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Paul Sapardanis |Usman Hameed |JOhn Smith |John Smith
Guild engages recruitment firm to land new Queensland branch director, following Gerard Benedet’s elevation to the national secretariat Brisbane-based recruiter Attuned Talent, leading the search for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland branch’s next director. The job has been advertised following the announcement that the incumbent, Gerard Benedet, will succeed Suzanne Greenwood as theThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Benjamin Kop |Laverne Baulch |Kay Dunkley |Usman Hameed
Angus Thompson looks into the evolution of the Home Medicine Review program and the debate over its funding in the 8CPA In this edition of the AJP podcast, our host, Carlene McMaugh, speaks to Angus Thompson, a Tasmanian accredited pharmacist and academic. Key topics are the debate over the funding of Home Medicine Reviews (HMRs)This content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Chris Brooker |Laverne Baulch |Peter Carr |Usman Hameed
Profession pays tribute to the inspiration behind the Pharmacists' Support Service The profession is mourning the recent passing of Valerie Constable, the guiding force behind the formation of the Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) and the first woman to be president of the Victorian branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Among many honours inThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Laverne Baulch |Peter Carr |Usman Hameed
Arthritis Australia boss, Jonathan Smithers, lauds the benefits of double dispensing in government promo Sydneysider, Smithers who has accessed medications through the government’s 60-day dispensing scheme said the measure would “save both time and money”. In addition to featuring in a new video promoting the policy, the 61-year-old appeared alongside Mark Butler, the MinisterThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Laverne Baulch |Peter Carr |Usman Hameed
Healthcare payers and governments need to appropriately fund pharmacists to deliver new services Significant investment from pharmacy owners and governments will be needed to provide successful health services through the community pharmacy sector, Darragh Connolly the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP’s) pharmaceutical practice board chair, believes. Connolly told an FIP webinar that while pharmacistsThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Usman Hameed |Breanna Friend |Michael Khoo
Pharmacy Council of NSW opens nominations for three positions Nominations for three vacancies on the Pharmacy Council of NSW are being sought by the Health Professional Councils Authority. The Council has announced vacancies for two community members, who must “not be currently registered, or have ever previously been registered” as a pharmacist, be aThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Usman Hameed |Breanna Friend |Michael Khoo
Consensual sex lands pharmacist in hot water; Irish pharmacists set for expansion of scope; Politician tries life as a hospital pharmacist Alberta, Canada: A pharmacist who was found to have breached Alberta’s Health Professionals Act 2000 will be allowed to continue practising pending an appeal. The pharmacist was initially suspended on the grounds that heThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Usman Hameed |Michael Khoo |Breanna Friend |Nicholas O’Donoghue
Fei Sim says that now 60 day dispensing is here, pharmacists need to start working toward the future In the latest AJP podcast, PSA national president, Dr Fei Sim, talks to Carlene McMaugh about how she perceives the immediate future direction for community pharmacy. With the community pharmacy sector having spent four months in theThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Laverne Baulch |Usman Hameed |Geoffrey Timbs
Commonwealth policies are creating barriers for patients with diabetes to access vital medications. It’s September 1923 and patients with diabetes are battling medicines supply shortages and significant out-of-pocket costs, and it has nothing to do with social media fads. An editorial in that month’s AJP noted that “the high rate of customs duty imposedThis content is restricted to registered users only.
