CHRIS Owen, President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland, has welcomed the announcement of Dr Marianne Gale as Queensland’s next Chief Health Officer (CHO) and Deputy Director-General, Population Health Division.

Owen said that Dr Gale’s experience as Acting CHO in NSW and her expertise in communicable disease, health equity and chronic disease prevention, places her in an excellent position to take on these senior roles.

“We are looking forward to partnering with Dr Gale as we work to ensure Queenslanders across the state can access more health services through community pharmacy,” he said.

Owen also paid tribute to Interim Chief Health Officers Dr Catherine McDougall and Dr Heidi Carroll, having worked together through a challenging flu season this year, and wished them well.

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