Pharmacists Celebrated

The International Pharmaceutical Federation yesterday marked World Pharmacists Day with a global video message from president Carmen Pena, expressing her "heartfelt thanks to pharmacists around the world".

It’s the sixth year that World Pharmacists Day has been celebrated, with the 2016 theme being "Pharmacists: Caring for you". "As care providers, we pharmacists have achieved tremendous success in our goals to improve patients’ quality of life," she said, urging pharmacists to make the most of World Pharmacists Day as an opportunity to promote the profession.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia also urged recognition of community pharmacists' contribution and their role in the future of healthcare.  PSA's Early Career Pharmacist national director Taren Gill said World Pharmacists was also an opportunity to recognise the next generation of pharmacists who will provide innovative healthcare solutions into the future.

"PSA has been strongly advocating for expanding innovative models of evidence-based, interprofessional healthcare within pharmacists' scope of practice to better utilise the role of pharmacists to improve health outcomes for patients.

"As an ECP leader, I am proud to be helping the profession address these challenges and achieve reforms to help ease the burden on Australia's health system," she said Gill, who became PSA's first ECP Director in June this year, said the future leaders of pharmacy were committed to long-term healthcare outcomes. "As Early Career Pharmacists, we all have one thing in common: we chose pharmacy and it’s a privilege," she said.

Click here to view the video message.

Source: PharmacyDaily.com.au, Monday 26 September 2016