Medicine access, technological disruption to traditional care models, ethical dilemmas and gender equity dominated the program for the 79th International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) Congress.
The congress wrapped up in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday attended by 2,652 delegates...
Pharmacists across Australia and the globe came together on 25 September to celebrate the 10th annual World Pharmacists Day.
With the theme of ‘safe and effective medicines for all’, World Pharmacists Day 2019 highlighted the crucial role pharmacists play in...
How pharmacists can respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs in an integrated, collaborative way that uses their full set of skills.
There is no doubt that preventable medicine-related problems persist in Australia today. The prevalence of...
PSA is learning from global colleagues and sharing the success of Australian pharmacy at the 79th Federation of International Pharmacists (FIP) World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Abu Dhabi this week.
Dr Stephen Carter FPS, a lecturer...
Today’s theme is ‘safe and effective medicines for all’. Australian Pharmacist spoke to three leaders in medicine safety who are making their mark in different settings – Fei Sim, Richard Thorpe and Joyce McSwan.
Dr Fei Sim, Western Australia –...
A new strategy was announced at the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) conference this week to further the scope of pharmacy practice and research.
The 21st century will be the century of pharmacists, FIP President Dominique Jordan proclaimed last week as...
I want to implement SafeScript in my pharmacy. What do I do, and how long does the process take?
SafeScript is an initiative by the Victorian Government which has established a clinical decision-making tool in the form of a real-time...
Pharmacists should be embedded in aged care facilities nationwide.
The health of the aged care sector matters a great deal to PSA and the pharmacy profession. We have long advocated for pharmacists’ skills to be used more broadly across...
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the present and potential future role of the pharmacist in the day-to-day health care of most Australians.
Surveys of consumer patterns in utilising the health system, including those conducted by the...
A new statement on e-cigarettes has been issued by the Australian Government Department of Health.
The Australian Government Department of Health has issued a new statement on vaping pending the results of investigations into six deaths and hundreds of cases...
