Time

Session

Speaker

9:45am

Registrations

10:00am 

Welcome and Introductions

Dr Jacqui Richmond, Burnet Institute
Prof Joseph Doyle, President Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases

10:00am – 10:30am

Models of pharmacy-based care: searching for best practice

Including:

Kathy Witherden, Community Pharmacist, Burnie, Tasmania

Tina Evans, Clinical Nurse Consultant- Hepatitis C (Outreach), Launceston, Tasmania

Grace Lee, Community Pharmacist, ACT

Facilitator:

Suzanne Nielsen, Monash Addiction Research Institute, Melbourne

10:30am – 11:00am

Innovation and Opportunities

Including:

EXPAND-C Project - Expanding hepatitis C testing and treatment through community pharmacies

Kate Mackie, Research Pharmacist, Burnet Institute, Melbourne

Pharmacists' preparedness to offer Hepatitis C testing and treatment

Louisa Picco, Drug Policy & Harm Reduction, Monash Addiction Research Centre

International perspective on pharmacist led testing and prescribing

Andrew Radley, Professor, Consultant Pharmacist in Public Health, University of Dundee, United Kingdom   

Facilitator:

Dr Amanda Wade, Barwon South West Public Health Unit, Geelong, Victoria

11:00am –11:30am

Sustainability and Advocacy

Including:

Jarrod McMaugh, State Manager (VIC), Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Monique Mackrill, Stakeholder and Industry Affairs Manager, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia

Charles Henderson, Hep-C Lived Experience and Community Engagement Coordinator, Burnet Institute 

Facilitator:

Lucy Clynes, Hepatitis Australia, Canberra, ACT

11:30am – 12:00pm

Panel discussion with Q&A to address barriers and enablers to empowering and expanding hepatitis care

Facilitators:
Dr Jacqui Richmond, Burnet Institute, Melbourne 

12:00pm

Wrap up and close
(including networking and lunch for attendees)