Increased funding for pharmacists in aged care and rural and remote communities would save lives and improve health outcomes, PSA has argued in its 2020-21 Federal Budget submission. The organisation is also calling for the creation of a Commonwealth Chief...

Pharmacists considering work in the general practice space now have two enablers – the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) eligibility, which came into effect on 1 February, and the Pharmaceutical Society’s (PSA’s) GP Pharmacist Foundation Training, launched last year.  In a...

Dispensing from a house, a library and evacuation centres: that’s what happens in a flood. It’s almost 10 years since a flood put the majority of Emerald, 270 kilometres west of Rockhampton in Queensland, underwater. We were cut off from...

Three pharmacists were among those recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours list for exceptional contributions to their communities. This includes Emeritus Professor Bruce Sunderland, who was appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for his significant service...

Programs funded under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) will be subject to audits from next week to detect any inaccurate or ineligible claims. The Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) will begin its ongoing active monitoring and compliance activities on 1...

‘Precautionary and active surveillance’ is required to manage the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy said yesterday. However, the risk to the Australian public remains ‘relatively low’, he said. Chinese health officials...

Two proactive pharmacists are providing pain management and virtual dental services to a wider reach than previously possible via videoconferencing.  Pharmacist Nicolette Ellis MPS is a member of Beyond Pain, Australia’s first interdisciplinary videoconferencing service for complex chronic health conditions...

More than 40 roles for pharmacists in disasters have been identified in a new study, which also recommends that pharmacy bodies provide specialist training and advocate for supportive disaster pharmacy legislation.  Published last month in PLoS One, the study evaluated...

Since Christmas, the NSW south coast, East Gippsland, the Hume region and Portland in Victoria and Kangaroo Island off South Australia have been devastated by bushfires resulting in 28 deaths, more than 6.5 million hectares of land burnt –...

Federal, state and territory governments have worked quickly in the past week to introduce legislation that enables those affected by the bushfire crisis to access full quantities of prescription-only medicines without a prescription and with the usual Pharmaceutical Benefits...