Eumundi Voice - Issue 102, 19 September 2024

ON THIS DAY

World Pharmacist Day

World Pharmacists Day (WPD) is on 25 September and this year’s theme is Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health.

The day allows the community to recognise the service and commitment of pharmacists and assistants by shining a spotlight on a variety of different practice areas and highlighting the many varied roles that pharmacists are trusted to fulfil on the frontline of Australia’s healthcare system.

Pharmacists are providing more health services than ever before with community pharmacies recently approved to expand their services to include treatment of minor ailments such as ear infections, wound management, school sores, shingles, mild psoriasis, travel health and hypertension.

Pharmacists and the pharmacy workforce are there for patients – after hours, on weekends and during holiday periods and provide affordable, accessible and dependable care, whether you live in a capital city, rural or remote town or by the beach.

PSA National Vice President, Renae Beardmore, said: “Australian pharmacists are our most accessible frontline health workers, leading by example through the current global health crisis and throughout the 2019 bushfires.

“They have all stepped up when their patients and communities needed them the most – and are some of Australia’s unsung heroes.”

So, when you next pop into your local pharmacy, give them a heartfelt thank you this World Pharmacist Day, for all their hard work, compassion, and dedication to their patients.