Welcome to the AJP podcast

The AJP Podcast aims to present the views of pharmacists from all settings and experience levels. We discuss topic issues from a variety of viewpoints to gain a balanced coverage on subjects that are affecting pharmacists in day-to-day practice. This includes ethical issues, regulations, practice points, advice based on experience, or opinions on current events.

I'm Catherine Duggan. I am the Chief Executive Officer for the International Pharmaceutical Federation.

Anthony Tassoni, the Victorian Branch President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

I am Felicity Huxhagen. I am a Cert IV qualified dispense technician in Mackay North Queensland.

My name's Chris Campbell, and I'm a community pharmacist. I'm also the Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society Queensland branch.

My name's Sandra Minnis. I am a fourth year pharmacy student and the immediate past president of NAPSA.

My name's Sam Turner. I'm a community pharmacist up in Priceline Pharmacy, Harvey Bay. I'm a branch committee member for the Queensland PSA.

My name is Jacinta Johnson. I have a shared role between lecturing and coordinating pharmacy practice at the University of South Australia and working as a medication safety pharmacist in the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network.

So my name's Ravi Sharma. I'm the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and a senior pharmacist prescriber working in a GP practice in London.

I'm Elise Apolloni. I am a community pharmacist and pharmacy owner based in Canberra. I am the owner of Capital Chemists, Wani Assa and Canberra. And I also have a few other hats, like I'm a credentialed diabetes educator, asthma educator, and a mental health advocate.

My name is Sam Kadenpa. I'm a pharmacist based up in the Northern Territory, currently undertaking my Ph.D. And I work in community pharmacy, but a lot of my work is about advocacy for vulnerable populations and more efficient use of pharmacy systems.

Hi, I'm Cathy Reid. I'm the managing partner of the Epic Pharmacy Group in Australia and the co-founder of ICON Group, Australia's largest private provider of integrated cancer care services.

I'm Michael Troy. I'm a pharmacy owner in Grafton, North Coast of New South Wales.

I'm Carolyn Huxhagen. I'm a community and consultant pharmacist.

My name is Graham Smith.

I'm the current president of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand. I'm coming towards the end of a three-year term.

My name is Renee Biedmer. I'm a pharmacist by background, although I don't work clinically anymore. I've mainly worked focused on access to medications through reimbursement and regulation. So I work a lot with the life sciences industry, but also proud to be elected as the new branch president for the ACT, for the PSA.

I'm Mark Norton from the University of Canberra, and I'm also a PSA branch committee member vice president.

I'm Kaye Dunkley. I've been a pharmacist for quite a long time and worked in a variety of fields. My current roles are with the Pharmacist Support Service as their executive officer, and I also work for AMA Victoria, running their well-being programs for doctors.

Shane Jackson, national president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

We are proud to bring you the podcast By Pharmacists for Pharmacists and hope to hear your opinion on the AJP website. These topics can be seen from a variety of perspectives and are reflective of the person providing their responses. We want to provide all sides of a discussion, whether popular or controversial. You may not agree with them or they may give you some food for thought. We thank you for your attention and considerate feedback.