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The podcast by pharmacists, for pharmacists, brought to you by the AJP. Each episode, join a diverse panel of pharmacists from all settings and experience levels discussing topics that affect pharmacists in day to day practice – such as ability & gender diversity in pharmacy, and medicinal cannabis.

The AJP Podcast Australian Journal of Pharmacy

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The podcast by pharmacists, for pharmacists, brought to you by the AJP. Each episode, join a diverse panel of pharmacists from all settings and experience levels discussing topics that affect pharmacists in day to day practice – such as ability & gender diversity in pharmacy, and medicinal cannabis.

    ‘They will care if they lose their seat’

    ‘They will care if they lose their seat’

    “This is how we are going to apply the pressure,” CAPS spokespeople tell the AJP Podcast, explaining why the group has moved away from political rallies and towards influencing elections
    CAPS representatives will attend the Dunkley (Victoria) by-election this weekend (2 March) to lobby against a Labor vote in protest against 60-day dispensing – and Victorian pharmacists are “very keen to assist,” says CAPS spokesperson Peppe Raso.
    Raso explains why the group’s focus is now away from rallies – despite the “really good response” from the events in Sydney and Canberra in 2023 – and towards an “education opportunity for those who are undecided in that electorate”.
    Raso and fellow CAPS spokesperson Christine Kelly tell AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh that this voter influencing campaign is here to stay.
    “The Labor government is adamant on making us a third world country at the moment, and that’s not what we’re wanting,” said Kelly.
    “This Dunkley by-election is really the first time any health care profession has come together united to show what we can do.
    “And this is how we are going to apply the pressure – because this government doesn’t want to listen to us, they don’t want to consult with us, they don’t care if we’re kicking or screaming, but they will care if they lose their set.
    “And unfortunately the only way that we’re going to be able to do this is to actually show up with the truth…and make their voters realise that voting for Labor means that health care in Australian will be ruined, broken, torn apart.
    “Not only are we going to be at Dunkley, we’re going to be at the Cook (NSW) by-election to show and tell people not to vote for Labor either, and we’re going to be at every by-election, or election – it doesn’t matter whether it’s state or federal.
    “We’re going to be there until we get an 8CPA that ensures that community pharmacy stays viable and ensures that we can stay open.”
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    Carlene McMaugh

    • 43 min
    Can we embrace the future?

    Can we embrace the future?

    A UK pharmacy leader talks about the ‘paradigm shift’ of independent prescribing and what it means for the profession’s future
    As the countdown nears for the graduation of the UKs first cohort of students to come out as independent pharmacy prescribers, a leader of the profession joins our podcast to talk about the ‘paradigm shift’ this represents to scope of practice.
    Minesh Parbat is currently Chief Pharmacist of an integrated care system in the English midwest. He is also a independent prescribing pharmacist.
    He talks to our podcast host, Carlene McMaugh, about the latest developments in UK pharmacy (at 4:30), including the development of independent prescribing and related legislative changes that allowed pharmacists to undergo further training to take on broader scope of practice roles.
    Parbat also talks about the related growth of pharmacists working in broader healthcare teams and in additional locations of practice.
    Other items under discussion include the growth of digital health and telehealth, and how we build competencies and confidence of the pharmacy workforce in these areas. 
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    • 45 min
    On top of the world

    On top of the world

    Paul Sinclair, the first Australian president of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) talks about the future of the profession and the changes he sees impacting pharmacy 
    In the latest edition of the AJP podcast, our host, Carlene McMaugh, speaks to FIP president Paul Sinclair about the 
    The topics covered include:

    What are some of the important new issues and developments FIP sees as impacting pharmacy practice (3 min 15)
    Challenges to Australian community pharmacy, such as double dispensing (6:15)
    FIPs key objectives for 2024 (9:00)
    His thoughts on become the first-ever Australian to head FIP, and his career with FIP (12:45)
    Some of the changes he sees happening in pharmacy (18:30)
    How pharmacists can become involved with FIP (25:00) 

    AJP editor Chris Brooker recently spoke to Paul Sinclair. Go here to see the article 
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    • 29 min
    Readers show ‘fear over the future of pharmacy in general’

    Readers show ‘fear over the future of pharmacy in general’

    A sense that pharmacists would be at least recognised for their hard work during the pandemic and natural disasters was sharply reversed last year, AJP editor Chris Brooker tells our podcast
    Brooker talks to Carlene McMaugh about the top stories from last year, including “the unicorn of 2023” – double dispensing – and the way it came as a shock to the profession.
    “Most people were incredibly concerned about the impact of 60-day dispensing,” he says, saying that as a result, feedback to the AJP included “a lot more concern than we get most years. Probably even getting to the stage of fear. Fear over the future, fear over job security, fear over financial security and I think, fear over the future of pharmacy in general”.
    Also coming to the fore last year were issues of funding, particularly that affecting the livelihood of consultant pharmacists working in aged care.
    Brooker says our top two stories both covered specific medicines, and chats about his predictions for 2024, including the importance of the 8CPA and potential consequences of the Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger.
    And he also has some sentiments to share for members of the profession – and an invitation to tell us your stories.
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    Carlene McMaugh

    • 24 min
    A look at a ‘monumental year’

    A look at a ‘monumental year’

    PSA’s Fei Sim looks back over the events of 2023, which rocked every facet of the profession in Australia
    “I really think that when we look back in history, 2023 is a year that I would describe as a ‘monumental year’,” says Dr Fei Sim, national president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
    “There have been a lot of conversations about funding, about 60-day dispensing, about anxiety levels for pharmacists – but why I say it’s monumental is because it’s actually more complex than that.
    “If we look back, 2023 was really a year where we saw, and we are about to continue to see, fundamental change in the role, in the scope of pharmacists, and the expectations of pharmacists.”
    She lists the issues that arose in 2023, from new professional practice standards to changes to opioid dependence therapy, to change for pharmacists working on-site in residential aged care.
    “It was probably the only time in the history of pharmacy where we saw significant policy and health system changes, or policy proposals, that affect every single component of our profession.”
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    Carlene McMaugh

    • 27 min
    ‘Make it more than a throw away line’

    ‘Make it more than a throw away line’

    Steve Morris, PSA CEO, talks about why we need to examine what quality use of medicines actually means, and why and where pharmacists should be playing a greater role
    In the latest AJP podcast, Steve Morris, CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia talks to our host, Carlene McMaugh, about quality use of medicines: what it means, why its misunderstood, and what role pharmacists can, and should, play.
    Among the topics discussed are:

    The current state of Quality use of medicines in Australia, and the lack of a national overview of the state of play (2:16)
    The low level of health literacy in the community, and steps pharmacists can take to help improve, or overcome this (4:20)
     Changes to the quality use of medicines landscape, including the revised National Medicines Policy (5:30)  
    The crucial role of pharmacists (6:55)
    The impact of the recent pharmacists in aged care policy announcements (9:15)
    New QUM initiatives where PSA will play a role (11:15)
    Predictions for pharmacy in 2024, and where he sees pharmacies QUM role going in the future (13:15) 

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    • 20 min

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