Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia or PSA is a professional organisation of Australian pharmacists. PSA is the body that represents about 70% of the pharmacy profession in Australia, and it has more than 16,000 members. PSA is one of two providers of continuing professional development programmes for pharmacists in Australia—the other being the Australian College of Pharmacy
(ACP)—and organises various pharmacy events including the Pharmacy Australia Congress (PAC). PSA publishes the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary, the Australian Pharmacist journal, and various other pharmacy publications.
Members of PSA are entitled to use the postnominal MPS, while Fellows of the Society are entitled to use FPS.
. The Western Australia
n branch is the only one which retains a regulatory role, similar to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
, whereas the other branches are incorporated societies.
PSA has moved to a unified national structure giving it a national decision-making body with the power to make binding decisions on branches.
The state and territory societies are:
Australian College of Pharmacy
The Australian College of Pharmacy is one of two providers of continuing professional development programmes for pharmacists in Australia—the other being the The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia...
(ACP)—and organises various pharmacy events including the Pharmacy Australia Congress (PAC). PSA publishes the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary, the Australian Pharmacist journal, and various other pharmacy publications.
Members of PSA are entitled to use the postnominal MPS, while Fellows of the Society are entitled to use FPS.
Structure and history
PSA was formed in 1977 and is made up of state pharmaceutical societies, several of which were in existence before FederationFederation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation...
. The Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
n branch is the only one which retains a regulatory role, similar to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was formerly the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales...
, whereas the other branches are incorporated societies.
PSA has moved to a unified national structure giving it a national decision-making body with the power to make binding decisions on branches.
The state and territory societies are:
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia New South Wales branch
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Queensland branch
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia South Australian branch
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Tasmanian branch
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Victorian branch
- Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia
- Pharmaceutical Society of ACT