Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.
Pharmacists across the country are implementing innovative programs that help ensure medicines improve the health of their communities, rather than cause harm.
The range of vaccines trained pharmacist immunisers can administer should be expanded in order to protect the community, PSA has argued in its 2021–22 Pre-Budget Submission to the Victorian Government.
From 1 February 2021, medicines will be prescribed by active ingredient on all Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriptions.
People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS continue to face challenges, including polypharmacy.
Despite their healthcare needs, people with disability often report feeling shut out by the system that is meant to assist them.
The University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which is easier to transport and cheaper to produce than other vaccine candidates, is ‘highly effective’, late stage trials of the vaccine have shown.
The NSW Government has committed to implementing a real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) system.
From a finger ‘hanging half off’ to losing thousands of dollars worth of stock due to a power cut, Kate and Michael Knynenburg MPS have seen it all.
Enforced isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the level of loneliness in Australia.
