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This session explores the evolving role of pharmacy in social prescribing and its future social license. It also examines referral pathways in social prescribing for enhanced psychological wellbeing, drawing on insights from empirical literature.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMWed
State Library of NSW - Auditorium
Speakers
Adj A/Prof Steve Morris
CEO
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Jenny Kirschner
Health Programs Pharmacist | Clinical Product Owner | Founder PALS - Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social isolation | AUSCEP entrepreneur
A/Prof Stephanie Tierney
Associate Professor Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
University of Oxford
Dr Samantha Spanos
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Institute of Health Innovation
Session Chair: Jenny Kirschner The future of pharmacy, its social license & role of pharmacy in social prescribing - A/Prof Steve Morris, Jenny Kirschner, A/Prof Stephanie Tierney, and Snr Research Assistant Simon Newstead. Followed by a presentation from: Samantha Spanos - Social prescribing referral pathways for improved psychological wellbeing: What does the empirical literature tell us?