The Federal Government has committed to improving medicine safety in aged care, as part of a $537 million response to the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Released last month, the report identified three...
Almost 10% of residents in aged care facilities were prescribed an antimicrobial, mostly commonly cefalexin and clotrimazole, but the majority had no documented signs of infection, The 2018 Aged Care National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey has found.
Published early ahead of...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has supported PSA’s call for better dispensing authorities without prescriptions for people with chronic disease during natural disasters and emergency situations.
Asked if it was in favour of pharmacists having greater autonomy...
Brad Butt MPS has been named the 2019 UTS Most Innovative Pharmacist for his pioneering work in men’s health.
Mr Butt established Men’s Health Downunder at his pharmacy in Cooleman Court, Canberra in 2013.
With prostate cancer the second-most diagnosed cancer...
State and federal health departments have advised of options available to pharmacists in parts of NSW and Queensland affected by this week’s catastrophic-level fires.
Under the existing three-day emergency supply rule they can dispense medicines without a prescription until ‘at...
Pharmacist salaries in rural and remote areas are on the rise as the demand for professionals in community and hospital roles increases.
According to the 2019 Raven’s Recruitment Pharmacy Market Report, released last week, demand for pharmacists in the past...
Pharmacists are Australia’s most accessible healthcare professionals. The winner of the PSA19 Pharmacy Shark Tank innovation contest hopes that trend continues with an app to ensure a pharmacist is always available to answer a question.
We all expect answers,...
Self care should be pharmacists' number one priority. Patients’ needs are important, but the wellbeing of pharmacists is integral to the healthcare system.
A watershed moment for patients, pharmacists and medicine safety was reached last week when federal, state and territory health ministers declared Medicine Safety and the Quality Use of Medicines as the 10th National Health Priority Area.
Beginning with the January...
Critical problems with medication management, including overuse of psychotropic medicines on aged care facility residents were among the findings of the Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety last week needing urgent attention.1
The commissioners...
