Tasmanian pharmacy honours
October 20, 2015
Considered the forefather
of ward-based clinical pharmacy
services in Australia, Tasmanian
pharmacist George Taylor has
been announced as the winner of
the Tasmanian Pharmacy Lifetime
Achievement Award.
The award was made last Fri night
during the Tasmanian Pharmacist
Dinner, with Elizabeth Jordan from
the Pharmacy Department at the
Royal Hobart Hospital also named
the Tasmanian Pharmacist of the
Year during the event.
The evening was hosted by the
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia,
the Pharmacy Guild, the Society of
Hospital Pharmacists Australia and
University of Tasmania Pharmacy
Department, with awards sponsored
by Symbion and Guild Super.
Announcing the Lifetime
Achievement Award, Professor
Greg Peterson said Taylor was
most highly regarded as a kind and
caring innovator in the pharmacy
profession, with ongoing clinical
pharmacy teaching and mentoring.
Tasmanian SHPA Chair, Duncan
McKenzie, said Elizabeth Jordan’s
professionalism, dedication and
humanity were attributes that
made her a great role model.
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