Mental health and substance use disorders are among the five leading causes of disease burden in Australia. What role can pharmacists play?

In many rural and remote communities, the pharmacy is often the first stop for any health care question – whether medicine-related or not.

Pharmacists can play a key role in preventing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which was yesterday formally named COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a guidance document for pharmacists released last week, the International Pharmaceutical Federation...

Pharmacists have been urged to limit the sales of face masks, with reports of consumers bulk-buying P2 masks from pharmacies, intending to ship them to relatives overseas or resell them online at inflated prices. PSA National President Associate Professor Chris...

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...