Freeman reappointed as PSA President

THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has confirmed incumbent National President, Associate Professor Chris Freeman, has been reappointed to the position following a meeting of the organisation’s newly elected Board.

PSA Vice Presidents, Michelle Lynch and Renae Beardmore, has also been re-elected, with Lynch set to continue as Chair of the PSA’s Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee, while Beardmore will also retain the Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee.

The incoming Board members will officially take office from 01 Jul.

Following the elections the new PSA Board will include more female members than men for the first time.

In a statement released on Fri, the PSA noted the incoming

Board will include a diverse range of experience with new members coming from a range of practice settings including community pharmacy, academia and research, general practice, interdisciplinary care, hospital pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

The new Board reaffirmed the PSA’s commitment to achieving “pharmacists’ scope of practice fulfillment, improved pharmacist remuneration and conditions, and better recognition for pharmacists’ contribution to patient care”.

They also acknowledged the contributions made by retiring Directors, former National President, Joe Demarte, exPSA NSW Branch President, Professor Peter Carroll, Lauren Burton - who steps down as the early career pharmacists’ Board Director - and Chris Shenton.