COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, have led to the postponement of the Pharmacy Assistant (PA) National Conference for the second successive year.
The event had been scheduled to take place in Brisbane on 22 and 23 Oct, however, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has pushed it back a year.
Guild Queensland Branch Acting President, Chris Owen, said the decision to postpone had been made in the interests of delegate health and safety.
"With NSW, Victoria, the ACT and part of the Northern Territory in lockdown, and with PAs from other states unable to enter Queensland, the conference could not be run as a national event," he said.
"PAs are playing a vital frontline role supporting communities during these lockdowns, and many are supporting pharmacist immunisers with COVID-19 vaccination administration to protect Australians.
"These activities are taking precedence in community pharmacy at the moment and we thank all PAs for their hard work.
"We are saddened this is the second year in a row that COVID-19 has prevented PAs from being able to meet safely at the PA Conference, but look forward to hosting an even bigger and better PA Conference in 2022."
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