Deirdre Criddle is the recipient of the 2022 Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award, recognising her fierce advocacy for the recognition of pharmacists as medicines management experts and leadership in the critical transitions of care space.
Duncan McKenzie received SHPA’s 2022 Medal of Merit, in recognition of his leadership and innovation in clinical practice and Tasmanian hospital pharmacy governance.
Tom Simpson, 2018 Tasmanian Pharmacist of the Year and recipient of the 2019 SHPA Medal of Merit, was elected as SHPA President last night as the organisation’s 2022 Annual General Meeting capped a year of growth, consolidation and new frontiers.
Professor Michael Dooley, Director of Pharmacy at Melbourne’s Alfred Health and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University, received the 2022 Fred J Boyd Award, recognising his impact as a pharmacy industry leader, researcher and innovator committed to improving patient outcomes across the reach of health care, and his revolutionary stewardship of the SHPA from 2014 to 2018.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has welcomed the expansion of funded Hospital Pharmacy Intern and Foundation Resident positions in rural and regional Western Australia as a shot in the arm for workforce sustainability and medicines safety in the vast state.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) today congratulated the ACT Government on its successful go-live of the territory-wide Digital Health Record this past weekend in ACT hospitals.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has marked the culmination of Medicines Safety Week and build-up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week by reiterating the indispensable role of pharmacists both in interdisciplinary hospital teams and bridging care gaps to the community and residential aged care.
SHPA has welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s first Budget tonight, which addresses major issues facing Australia’s healthcare system through investment into Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) aged care and health workforce, amid focus on the economy, environment and cost-of-living pressures.
SHPA has announced the dates and location for PharmCare Conference 2023, Australia’s new conference for accredited, onsite aged care and General Practice pharmacists leading patient-centred care, 2-4 March 2023 in Hobart, Tasmania.
SHPA has reiterated its call for the commissioning of a ten-year National Pharmacy Workforce Plan to support pharmacy workforce sustainability, after the nationwide shortages of Hospital Pharmacists and Retail Pharmacists were formally acknowledged yesterday by the National Skills Commission (NSC).
SHPA has formally finalised the rigorous abstract review process for Medicines Management 2022, the 46th SHPA National Conference (MM2022) with one month of Early Bird registration remaining as momentum builds toward the return of the marquee face-to-face event.
SHPA has marked 2022 World Pharmacists Day (September 25) by shining the spotlight on members, who are ‘united in action’ across the country as well as in expert, interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
