As pharmacists take on greater responsibilities in primary care, international experience reveals a gap between being authorised to deliver new services and feeling confident enough to implement them in practice.
With some GPs booked out for weeks, this regional pharmacist says prescribing could help her community get care faster.
From 1 November, credentialed pharmacists can deliver Home Medicines Reviews (HMRs) and Residential Medication Management Reviews (RMMRs) follow-ups via telehealth.
Providing photo identification to collect a parcel at the post office or withdraw money from a bank has become routine in modern Australian society. Yet there are few health workflows that require people to show photo ID.
Palliative care is an increasingly important part of pharmacists’ practice. A community of practice has been set up to foster collaboration.
Pharmacists often use AI to draft emails and collate information. But can AI tools help formulate Home Medicines Review recommendations?
Removing prescriber and pharmacist restrictions has expanded pharmacy access to MS-2 Step, but regional gaps remain.
Cannabis-related hospital admissions in Victoria rose by almost half in a decade, with psychosis the leading cause, new research found.
Around 1.9 million Australians were regularly dispensed five or more medicines at the same time in 2025, according to the first report on polypharmacy ever published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
A new synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, is spreading through illicit drug markets in Europe and North America.
