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Government needs to spell out the detail around Budget e-script announcement, Guild says Pharmacy stakeholders are as yet unaware of concrete plans to help the sector be ready for the government’s October 2019 deadline for electronic prescribing. Last week’s Federal Budget announced $28.2 million was to be dedicated over five years from 2017-18 ...

1. Where/when did you graduate? QUT 2015 2. What has been your career journey so far? Community pharmacist, intern at Terry White Chemists Brookside & now Pharmacist Manager at Priceline Pharmacy Hervey Bay 3. What more do you want to achieve in the future? Hard to say so early in my career. I would like to be successful in community pharmacy, p...

Guild labelled ‘a disgrace’ as pharmacist award wages case submissions close Both sides of the pharmacy award wages case now await the arbiters final decision as submissions to the Fair Work Commission hearing closed recently. Pharmacists’ union Professional Pharmacists Australia says it “concluded its’ case to raise employee pharmacists pay in ...

The 28th annual APP Conference has been touted as a resounding success by the 6,200 delegates who attended the four day event on the Gold Coast. With the event held as a once off in May, delegates were treated to Queensland’s glorious autumn weather. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt opened the conference with a positive keynote address highligh...

Krysti-Lee Rigby 1. Where/when did you graduate? 2014 at Charles Sturt University Orange Campus 2. What has been your career journey so far? Graduated in 2014, Completed my internship in 2015 in Orange NSW, 2016 Professional Services Pharmacist in Forbes NSW, and this year I was appointed Pharmacist in Charge in Forbes NSW. I have held a number ...

1. Where/when did you graduate? I graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science & Masters of Pharmacy from Griffith University Gold Coast in 2007. I was in the second cohort of students to graduate from the newly established program. I have since returned to Griffith University where I am currently undertaking a Masters of medical research...

1. Where/when did you graduate? I completed my Pharmacy Degree at Monash University, VIC in 2008. 2. What has been your career journey so far? My intern year was at Ararat, in rural Victoria where I was mentored by a wonderful Pharmacist and business owner. There I completed my PSA Diploma of management before stepping into a manager role my fir...

Jacinta Johnson 1. Where/when did you graduate? I graduated in 2008 from the University of South Australia 2. What has been your career journey so far? I started out with my intern year in hospital pharmacy, at Flinders Medical Centre in the south of Adelaide. I stayed on there as a hospital pharmacist in 2010 before heading back to University t...

Clinical Video Interview Shefali Parekh interviews Joyce McSwan about her work in the area of pain.

It is my belief that some students need support to help see their future in pharmacy as a bright one. This interview series asks Early Career Pharmacists to provide realistic feedback about their trials and tribulations and where they ended up succeeding. The pharmacy industry is going through some turbulence at the moment, but with also some pr...