The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has added its voice to growing calls for First Nations people to be recognised in the Australian Constitution by endorsing the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

A nationwide system for managing medicines supply will come into effect on 1 January 2019 after legislation requiring mandatory reporting of medicines shortages by pharmaceutical companies passed the Australian Senate.

Brisbane has been announced as the host of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2021.

Expanding and improving the experiences of future hospital pharmacy leaders was in focus yesterday at the third annual symposium of the SHPA Residency Program, Australia’s first and only formally structured hospital pharmacy residency program.

The benefits of greater interpersonal cooperation between health practitioners and the role of pharmacy intervention on improved patient outcomes come into focus in the August edition of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.

Australia’s essential guide to safely administering oral medicines to people with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties has been comprehensively revised, with the release of the third edition of SHPA’s Don’t Rush to Crush.

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Pharmacy World Congress Brisbane-bound in 2021

Brisbane has been announced as the host of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2021.