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The draft Aged Care Pharmacist Summit program is below.  The program will continue to be updated so please visit this page for further information.  Please note that sessions and timing are currently subject to change.


Friday, February 27, 2026

8 Group 2 credits and 0.75 Group 1 credits
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Conference Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Address
Bridget Totterman - Interim CEO | PSA
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM From regulation to reality: The aged care pharmacist landscape - panel discussion
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA, Elise Woodley - Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Unit - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Kate Green - Consultant Pharmacist and Candice Henshaw-Kiley - Clinical Care Manager - Mayfield Aged Care. Peter Guthrey - Senior Pharmacist - Strategic Policy | PSA (Facilitator)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Raising the standard: pharmacists leading medicine safety in aged care
Prof Janet Sluggett - Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Reconsidering restraint: addressing chemical restraint in aged care
Chelsea Felkai - Disability and Aged Care Pharmacist
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Governance in practice - supporting facilities to meet medicine safety standards
Dr Amanda Cross - Senior Research Fellow | Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Governance in action - clinical audits, claims and reporting skills workshop
Elise Woodley and Joseph Tonarelli | Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM 2025 AMH Aged care pharmacist of the year - reflection and future vision
Neil Petrie - Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Collaboration in care: case study of integrated aged care
Dee-Anne Hull - PSA Dementia Support Pharmacist
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Address
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aged Care Pharmacist Summit Sundowner
Join us at the end of the summit for networking drinks and conversation
8 Group 2 credits and 0.75 Group 1 credits
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Conference Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Address
Bridget Totterman - Interim CEO | PSA
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM From regulation to reality: The aged care pharmacist landscape - panel discussion
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA, Elise Woodley - Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Unit - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Kate Green - Consultant Pharmacist and Candice Henshaw-Kiley - Clinical Care Manager - Mayfield Aged Care. Peter Guthrey - Senior Pharmacist - Strategic Policy | PSA (Facilitator)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Raising the standard: pharmacists leading medicine safety in aged care
Prof Janet Sluggett - Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Reconsidering restraint: addressing chemical restraint in aged care
Chelsea Felkai - Disability and Aged Care Pharmacist
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Governance in practice - supporting facilities to meet medicine safety standards
Dr Amanda Cross - Senior Research Fellow | Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Governance in action - clinical audits, claims and reporting skills workshop
Elise Woodley and Joseph Tonarelli | Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM 2025 AMH Aged care pharmacist of the year - reflection and future vision
Neil Petrie - Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Collaboration in care: case study of integrated aged care
Dee-Anne Hull - PSA Dementia Support Pharmacist
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Address
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aged Care Pharmacist Summit Sundowner
Join us at the end of the summit for networking drinks and conversation

8 Group 2 credits and 0.75 Group 1 credits
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Conference Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Address
Bridget Totterman - Interim CEO | PSA
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM From regulation to reality: The aged care pharmacist landscape - panel discussion
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA, Elise Woodley - Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Unit - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Kate Green - Consultant Pharmacist and Candice Henshaw-Kiley - Clinical Care Manager - Mayfield Aged Care. Peter Guthrey - Senior Pharmacist - Strategic Policy | PSA (Facilitator)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Raising the standard: pharmacists leading medicine safety in aged care
Prof Janet Sluggett - Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Reconsidering restraint: addressing chemical restraint in aged care
Chelsea Felkai - Disability and Aged Care Pharmacist
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Governance in practice - supporting facilities to meet medicine safety standards
Dr Amanda Cross - Senior Research Fellow | Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Governance in action - clinical audits, claims and reporting skills workshop
Elise Woodley and Joseph Tonarelli | Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM 2025 AMH Aged care pharmacist of the year - reflection and future vision
Neil Petrie - Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Collaboration in care: case study of integrated aged care
Dee-Anne Hull - PSA Dementia Support Pharmacist
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Address
Prof Mark Naunton - President | PSA
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aged Care Pharmacist Summit Sundowner
Join us at the end of the summit for networking drinks and conversation

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