The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has marked National Reconciliation Week by sharing new artwork that will frame its 2023 Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, to be released in NAIDOC Week in July.
SHPA has welcomed the recommendations of a Senate inquiry into access to contraception and sexual health care services, echoing the call for health professionals to practice to their full scope, supported by more pharmacists with specialty skills.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA) has welcomed investment of $4.9 billion into Victoria’s hospitals and healthcare system and workforce announced in the state’s budget, calling for commensurate funding into key hospital pharmacy positions to ensure benefits to patient safety and care and system capacity are realised.
Deprescribing is again in the spotlight with a study into clinician-led deprescribing intervention on an acute general medicine ward leading the latest issue of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)’s flagship journal.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has welcomed the many patient-focused healthcare measures in the Federal Budget, further improving medicines affordability for patients while supporting collaborative team-based care to improve medicines safety.
The world of academic research is closer than ever for more Australian pharmacists and technicians with the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) today introducing a new category to its flagship journal and launching a suite of resources and publishing opportunities to support Residents, Technicians and Early Career Pharmacists.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) today has called on Federal Health Minister Mark Butler MP to further engage with all pharmacy stakeholders regarding today’s announcement for 60-day dispensing of 325 medicines, while backing in safety and quality as guiding principles for medication supply, and the need for a viable pharmacy sector that works together around every patient.
SHPA congratulates Professor John Skerritt on his retirement from his position as Deputy Secretary of the Health Products Regulation Group, while welcoming TGA support for important changes to hospital compounding regulation.
Victorian pharmacy researchers have successfully expanded their Australia-first collaborative medication charting model, showing partnership between pharmacists and clinicians at the leading edge of practice can reduce medication errors and improve patient care and safety, while improving the efficiency of the health system.
SHPA welcomes the news that Western Australia has become the latest jurisdiction to launch real time prescription monitoring, a powerful clinical tool in the effort to curb the unsafe use of high-risk medicines such as opioids.
SHPA congratulates NSW Labor on winning Saturday’s 2023 State Election, at a pivotal time to build the specialised hospital pharmacy workforce in Australia’s most populous state.
