The AJP Podcast

“My piece of advice if you’re going through the training or considering the training is just get your stethoscope on as many lungs as many hearts and just really start to hear the differences,” says one newly qualified prescribing pharmacist  “Because it’s very difficult, what sounds normal,” Jess Burrey tells AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh. “You have to then start hearing what does not sound no...

Pharmacy veteran George Tambassis expected young pharmacists to be excited about full scope of practice – and was delighted to see that pharmacists of all ages and situations are keen to get going With Victorian premier Jacinta Allen and health minister Mary-Anne Thomas “very, very keen to support us in exactly the same way as Queensland and the other states,” the former Pharmacy Guild national pr...

“From systemic erasure in medical education to outright discrimination in our care settings” – LGBTQIA+ patients face a lot of barriers to care and medicines access, says one pharmacist advocating in this space “LGBTQIA patients often face fear of judgement, misgendering or having to show up in discomfort when they have to educate their own healthcare provider just to receive that appropriate care...

Election special podcast: Health is high up on the agenda this federal election – we find out what one group’s key priorities are when it comes to pharmacy AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh has spoken with Pharmaceutical Society of Australia national president Dr Fei Sim to find out what pharmacy, pharmacists and not least patients need from the next government. Sim takes us through the series of r...

Many Australians struggle with feeling lonely – and the most affected cohort may not be who you think, says one expert AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh spoke to Jenny Kirschner, founder of Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation, to talk about her own experiences with loneliness, the factors which influence it, and what pharmacists can do to help – and to examine their own barriers to...

Pharmacy coach and influencer Emily Griffin proudly balances a number of roles, including consultant, hospital pharmacist, rural pharmacist liaison officer and training program developer “I love sharing my skills and vast experience with others to help them become better,” Griffin told the AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh. However, at a former organisation, she dealt with rampant bully...

Former community pharmacy manager Olivier Picard has been a long-time critic of the UK funding model, which he says has put many pharmacies on the brink of collapse “Pharmacy funding has been a challenge for many, many years in the UK,” he  The AJP Podcast  host Carlene McMaugh.  “Every year the government has either reduced the reimbursement for medicines or reduced the reimburs...

Award-winning consultant pharmacist, ACOP pharmacist, academic and researcher Anna Barwick reflects on how things have changed for women in pharmacy – and how much work there still is to do “Not so much now, but early in my career, often I found that female pharmacists were considered secondary to say male pharmacists for ownership,” Barwick tells the AJP Podcast’s Carlene McMaugh “When I first st...

“Make sure when you see something in a woman who’s younger than you, you back them,” NSW Guild vice-president Catherine Bronger says on our latest podcast AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh is joined by a panel of female leaders in the pharmacy profession to discuss International Women’s Day. Community pharmacy owner and NSW Guild vice-president Catherine Bronger, Pharmaceutical Society of Aust...

Is pharmacy flexible enough as a profession? How does working outside the traditional model help women balance the daily juggle of motherhood, work and everything else? The AJP Podcast’s Carlene McMaugh spoke to consultant pharmacist of the year Brooke Shelly, who is well-known in the profession for her “portfolio career” about the challenges women still face, even in a profession with the perceiv...

What are the jobs and education outlook for pharmacy students with the implementation of the PharmD – and why was it needed? Professor Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy in the Sydney Pharmacy School, tells AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh about the excitement in the sector following the announcement of the Doctor of Pharmacy qualification. Several pharmacy programs around the c...

How can pharmacists working across all sectors collaborate more effectively for better patient outcomes, asks a former SHPA president? Director of pharmacy at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne Professor Michael Dooley, who is chair of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s new Hospital Pharmacy Practice Community of Specialty Interest, spoke to AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh about supporting h...

Demand and supply for locums has changed “drastically” as more pharmacists choose this type of work – and locums are becoming “more vigilant” about their role, one expert says AJP podcast host Carlene McMaugh speaks to co-founder and director of Locumate Kavita Nadan about how the locum role has changed since the app was launched in 2022. Nadan, who is also the managing partner in her own pharmacy...

“Australia’s really making significant progress in advancing scope of pharmacy practice,” NSW pharmacy trials chief investigator, Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin says on our latest podcast  AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh discusses the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice with the University of Newcastle’s Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin, who is leading the NSW pharmacy trials.  Since the start of th...

AJP editor, Chris Brooker, looks back on the year in pharmacy in our latest podcast  Speaking with Carlene McMaugh the host of the AJP Podcast , Chris Brooker reflects on the biggest stories of the last 12 months and discusses the potential key issues facing the pharmacy sector in 2025.  Tensions between the community pharmacy sector and the federal government were at a high at the start of 2024,...

Pharmacist prescribing has rapidly become a “totally mainstream” concept, says AdPha’s national president, Tom Simpson Speaking with AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh, Simpson says that “Whilst it’s a hot topic now, it isn’t new” – “it’s one of those things that actually, you can trace it back a long way past. You can walk backwards in those footsteps.” And South Australia is leading the way, he sa...

PSA national president Associate Professor Fei Sim reflects on the profession’s achievements in 2024 and looks forward to another 12 months of change in 2025, with the AJP Podcast Speaking with AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh, Sim described 2024 as a year of two halves.  The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) president noted that while there were a number of key successes for th...

How does identity affect whether groups of pharmacists have a voice? Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha’s) national president, Tom Simpson, and vice president, Kate O’Hara, chat with AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh about a challenging year – from the current fluid shortages to changes to scope. They begin with the change of identity for AdPha, which O’Hara says will hopefully useful to highlight...

“Not being afraid of being wrong”: AJP podcast host Carlene McMaugh speaks to Adam Livori about the lessons from his varied career in pharmacy, covering nuclear pharmacy and research, running a telehealth clinic, cardiology and more In this episode of the AJP podcast, Carlene McMaugh talks to Adam Livori about his experiences in differing areas of pharmacy, and how he has gone about &#...

It’s vital to keep your finger on the pulse when it comes to consultant pharmacy, especially with changes to aged care, says one sector veteran – and what about pay? AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh speaks with Dr Jenny Gowan, an industry stalwart and long-time AJP contributor who was honoured with the Member of the Order of Australia earlier this year. “Try and keep yourself focused, and it’s rea...

In the first of a series of podcasts co-produced by AJP and PDL, we take a look at risk awareness and management when compounding In this podcast, Kylie Neville, PDL professional officer, is joined by two highly experienced industry leaders in pharmaceutical compounding: Patricia Ullmann and Marina Holt. They delve into topics relating to risk awareness and risk management in compounding of medici...

Complete Care Pharmacy in Rosny Park, Tasmania, co-owner Kristina Fox talks about taking a new approach to community pharmacy in our latest podcast  AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh discusses the Complete Care Pharmacy model with pharmacy owner, Kristina Fox.  The Rosny Park pharmacy reopened under the Complete Care Pharmacy brand in September 2023 with a unique design (1 min 13) that Fox say...

AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh interviews Dr Suzanne Nielsen about opioid safety and naloxone Professor, pharmacist and current acting director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre Suzanne Nielsen says it’s important to get key information to patients who need it… and tailored to them. Nielsen talks us through the development of the Opioid Safety Toolkit, which was designed specif...

Australia’s new pharmacy agreements provide model for others to follow, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) president, Paul Sinclair, tells our latest podcast  AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh discusses the Eight Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) and the Strategic Agreement on Pharmacist Professional Practice, with the former Pharmacy Guild of Australia vice president, Paul Sincla...

“Winners never quit, and quitters never win,” Anthony Tassone tells our latest podcast that the Guild’s 8CPA negotiating team was relentless in its pursuit of a sustainable deal for the sector  AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh discusses the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), 60-day dispensing and the government’s recent vaping reforms with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s chief nego...