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 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.
The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (ANZCAP) has announced an extension to the Foundation Program for Australian pharmacists to the end of June, ensuring equitable access for more practitioners amid unprecedented interest and a rapidly climbing number of recognised pharmacists.
The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (ANZCAP) will honour students embracing portfolio-building to help further their careers with a new award announced at the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)’s 2024 Student Symposium, held in partnership with the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA).
The future has never looked brighter for pharmacy students as reflected in the latest and fifth issue of the Australian Pharmacy Students’ Journal (APSJ), the world’s first peer-reviewed pharmacy student journal.
On National Close the Gap Day 2024, SHPA continues its strong call for action to improve equity of access to medicines and clinical pharmacy services, and support medication adherence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Following the success of its inaugural year in 2023, MedsAware 2024: Deprescribing Action Week is kicking off today across Australia to drive conversations around discontinuing medicines that are no longer required, or for which the risk of harm outweighs the benefits in the individual.
SHPA welcomes progress made toward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) through the Heads of Agreement announced by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon. Mark Butler MP and National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Professor Trent Twomey, while reiterating the need for integrated pharmacy care informed by evidence-based guidelines to improve health outcomes.
