SHPA celebrates win for Tasmanian hospital pharmacists
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.
Technician Director and NZ membership as SHPA signals inclusive new era
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).
Budget 2024/25: Victorian pharmacy workforce needs priority support
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.
First Australian Practice Standard for Pharmacy Informatics now available
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.
Minister Butler to open Medicines Management 2024 in Adelaide as call for abstracts open
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.
ANZCAP set to honour Pharmacy Student of the Year with new award announced
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).
Pharmacy students promote a bright future and the value of recognition
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.
Federal Budget focus as SHPA continues to take action on Closing the Gap
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.
MedsAware 2024 targets inappropriate use of psychotropics in aged and disability care
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.