On behalf of our members, the SHPA today reiterates its support of the Therapeutic Goods and other Legislation (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 which is currently before the Senate, as a first step toward much-needed vaping reform.
SHPA today welcomed initiatives handed down in the NSW Budget 2024-25 handed down by the Minns Government, to address healthcare workforce shortages and help relieve pressure on the state’s stretched emergency departments.
SHPA has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $28.9 billion health budget to tackle healthcare workforce shortages and boost hospital productivity through patient-focused programs, and additional funding of $13 million over two years to expand and implement the Queensland Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot.
Early bird registrations have opened for Australia’s largest scientific pharmacy conference – Medicines Management 2024 (MM2024) – featuring a stellar line up of keynote speakers including renowned journalist Stan Grant, professional artist and visual storyteller Simon Banks and researcher and thoughtleader Yemi Penn.
SHPA congratulates Professor John Skerritt on receiving the Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division as part of yesterday’s King’s Birthday honours for his significant contributions to public health and scientific research.
SHPA has announced details of a new app-based purpose-built platform that will allow for faster, easier communication between its members from July, completing the final pillar of the organisation’s visionary Transformation 2024 agenda.
SHPA welcomes the beginning of a new period in pharmacy with the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) signed today in the presence of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon. Mark Butler MP, Guild National President Professor Trent Twomey and Guild National Executive Director Gerard Benedet.
SHPA has marked National Reconciliation Week by reiterating its support for investments into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, on the back of funding wins announced in the 2024 Federal Budget, while alerting practitioners to key dates and ways to prepare for upcoming changes.
SHPA is today celebrating a win for hospital pharmacists in Tasmania with the introduction of a new $10,000 allowance to help boost the hospital pharmacist workforce.
SHPA welcomes the release of the Senate report into equitable access to diagnosis and treatment for individuals with rare and less common cancers, including neuroendocrine cancer which makes over 40 recommendations, including expanding access to medicines and supporting workforce development in cancer care, and the continual investment into telehealth services to bridge gaps in cancer service access and inequities.
SHPA members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of adding an elected Technician Member to the Board of Directors, as President Tom Simpson FANZCAP (Lead&Mgmt) today confirmed the adoption of a new SHPA Constitution, while jointly announcing a new membership pathway for New Zealanders in partnership with the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA).
Australia’s only Standard of Practice in Palliative Care for Pharmacy Services has been released by SHPA.
