Honours for pharmacists
June 11, 2013
WEBSTERCARE founder,
pharmacist Gerard Stevens was
yesterday named a Member (AM)
in the General Division of the Order
of Australia for “significant services
to the pharmaceutical industry and
to community health.”
Stevens is well known to the
industry for his creation of
the Webster-Pak drug packing
system which reduces nursing
home medication administration
errors, and is also a PSA Lifetime
Achievement Award recipient.
He’s been a technical adviser
to the Department of Health and
Ageing for some time and is also
Chair of the Dean’s Community
Pharmacy Reference Group at the
University of Sydney.
Guild president Kos Sclavos said
that Stevens had “made a daily
contribution to the quality use of
medicines by many thousands of
Australians,” and congratulated him
for the “richly deserved award”.
Also recognised in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours List was NPS
Medicinewise ceo, pharmacist Dr
Lyn Weeks, for “significant service
to community health through
the promotion of quality use of
medicines”.
PSA National President, Grant
Kardachi, congratulated both
pharmacists for their recognition.
“Both Dr Weekes and Mr
Stevens are most deserving of this
award and both epitomise the
high standards, dedication and
commitment that is a feature of the
profession in Australia,” he said.
“They are both great examples
of the very high standards that
consistently make pharmacy one
of the most trusted professions in
Australia”
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