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SHPA taking action on Closing the Gap and the Voice to Parliament
Closing The Gap Day 202

SHPA taking action on Closing the Gap and the Voice to Parliament

On Closing The Gap Day 2023, SHPA reiterates its call for action to reduce longstanding inequity in medicines access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients receiving Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines from hospitals, and formally declared its support for a First Nations Voice to Parliament.

SHPA welcomes medicines-focused MRFF grants across transitions of care, aged care and pharmacogenomics
Medical Research Future Fund

SHPA welcomes medicines-focused MRFF grants across transitions of care, aged care and pharmacogenomics

Members of SHPA are a driving force behind many newly announced Medical Research Future Fund projects, following Federal Health Minister Mark Butler’s highly-anticipated $382 million announcement across nearly 200 projects, including ten funded under the 2022 Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists grant opportunity.

With the patient at the centre, PharmCare 2023 opens
SHPA's Accredited Pharmacist Conference

With the patient at the centre, PharmCare 2023 opens

Australia’s newest conference for accredited, onsite aged care and GP pharmacists leading patient centred care is underway, and the SHPA Accredited Pharmacist Directory is now live, as delegates from across healthcare disciplines attending the opening of PharmCare 2023 in Hobart.

Hospital pharmacists support pholcodine recall
Reducing medication-related harm

Hospital pharmacists support pholcodine recall

SHPA has supported the announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to recall pholcodine-containing medicines and remove them from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG), as a regulatory decision that will improve patient safety and reduce medication-related harm.

Broad research focus in third issue of world-first pharmacy student journal
The Australian Pharmacy Students’ Journal

Broad research focus in third issue of world-first pharmacy student journal

Medication safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding, an international comparison on challenges and solutions in indigenous health care and access to a key anti-overdose intervention are among the many highlights in the third issue of the Australian Pharmacy Students’ Journal, the world’s first peer-reviewed pharmacy student journal.

Pride in pharmacy
Sydney WorldPride 2023

Pride in pharmacy

A spotlight of diversity is shining on Sydney as World Pride 2023 invites the world to participate in a gathering and conversation, celebration and ceremony.

Hospital expertise can drive pharmacist scope reform
Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report

Hospital expertise can drive pharmacist scope reform

SHPA has welcomed the release of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report, while reiterating that hospital-led expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice is key to reforming and transforming Australia’s healthcare systems for greater sustainability and improved patient outcomes.

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