PATY
The Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) is the premier award for Australian pharmacy assistants, recognising and celebrating the ‘best of the best’ in community pharmacy.
Now in its 18th year, PATY acknowledges outstanding pharmacy assistants’ skills, knowledge, leadership and customer service over a 12-month period.
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Queensland’s Maddison Waide named 2024 National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Maddison Waide from Lucy Walker Pharmacy in Goondiwindi, Queensland has been named as the winner of the 2024 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY) Award. Maddison stood out among eight outstanding state and territory winners at the national workshop held during the 2024 Pharmacy Assistant National Conference at the Hyatt Regency Sydney on Friday 6 September 2024.
For the first time in the history of the event, this year’s award featured a runner up award. Congratulations to Amy from South Australia who received the Glucojel Runner Up Award for 2024.
Congratulations also to all of the state and territory winners:
- Australian Capital Territory: Danielle Peel, Cooleman Court Pharmacy, Weston
- Northern Territory: Karisa Lunn, Blooms the Chemist Bakewell
- New South Wales: Aidan Kassi, Amcal Pharmacy Kings Cross Centre, Sydney
- Queensland: Maddison Waide, Lucy Walker Pharmacy, Goondiwindi
- South Australia: Amy Clayson, Terry White Chemmart Normanville
- Tasmania: Seetha Naidoo, Terry White Chemmart Legana
- Victoria: Rebecca Frost, Gunn and McConville Medication Management, Balwyn North
- Western Australia: Demi Morton, Pharmacy 777 Tambrey, Nickol
PATY HALL OF FAME
2024
Maddison Waide
Queensland
2023
Colby Diek
Queensland
2022
Terri Bakker
Tasmania
2021
Ashleigh Hutson
Northern Territory
2020
Benjamin King
Northern Territory
2023
Colby Diek, Queensland
2022
Terri Bakker, Tasmania
2021
Ashleigh Hutson, Northern Territory
2020
Benjamin King, Northern Territory
