SHPA is celebrating a Budget measure that will improve access to medicines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people leaving hospital, among many patient-focused measures in the Federal Budget that boost medicines affordability and expand access to health care for all Australians.
SHPA members Dr Jonathan Penm FANZCAP (PainMgmt, Research) and Dr Shania Liu ANZCAP-Reg. (PainMgmt, Research) have each been awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant for their important research in pharmacy/medication safety.
SHPA has welcomed the Victorian Budget’s multi-year investment of $11 billion into its state’s health system and an additional $1.7 billion to improve hospitals and health infrastructure but says it stops short of providing a much-needed boost to the ailing pharmacy workforce.
The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (ANZCAP) has opened submissions to pharmacy students across Australia for its inaugural Pharmacy Student of the Year Award, with the winner, to be announced in September, to receive flights, accommodation and registration to attend Medicines Management 2024, Australia’s largest annual scientific pharmacy conference, in Adelaide in November.
SHPA is proud to support a world-first agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to work collaboratively on the global de-carbonisation of the healthcare system, as announced by the Federal Government today.
Sydney cancer care provider Chris O'Brien Lifehouse has won the ‘Clinical Excellence: Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes’ category at the Australian Private Hospitals Association’s 2024 APHA Awards for Excellence, for their innovative opioid stewardship program. SHPA member Kenny Lee FANZCAP (PainMgmt, Steward) is opioid stewardship pharmacist on the program's team.
A recent article in The Age draws attention to a range of submissions to a Senate inquiry - including SHPA's - looking at how menopause shapes women's health and careers.
The first Australian Practice Standard for pharmacy informatics has been released by SHPA, to support the implementation, adoption and maintenance of health information systems critical to ensuring the quality and safe use of medicines.
The Call for Abstracts has opened for Australia’s largest scientific pharmacy conference as SHPA confirms that the Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, will deliver a Ministerial Address at the Opening Plenary of Medicines Management 2024 (MM2024) this November.
