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...

Tales of heroism and sacrifice by pharmacists have poured out of fire-affected areas in the catastrophic fires and smoke hazes that have ravaged multiple states, killed at least 23 people and razed more than 1500 homes.  In Eden, New South...

NSW has granted pharmacists a landmark special authority to supply most S4 medicines without a prescription to those affected by bushfires. The NSW Chief Health Officer issued the authority last night, allowing NSW residents affected by the bushfire crisis to...

Images of holidaymakers being evacuated by Navy ship as bushfires closed in on Mallacoota have made the Victorian coastal town a global symbol of the unprecedented nature of the bushfire crisis. In the lead-up to New Year’s Eve, up to...

P2 masks have been made available to vulnerable people for free from every ACT community pharmacy as part of a unified effort to confront the region’s worst-ever air quality. The PSA and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia joined forces with...

It was a big year for Australian pharmacists, with the release of important reports calling for reform for the profession and providing a vision for the next four years. The year ended on a high note with the Federal...

As 2019 draws to a close, seven pharmacists from around the country reflect on the year that was, and look to what 2020 has in store. Lauren Burton MPS, Western Australia Hospital pharmacist and PSA Early Career Pharmacist (ECP) Director What’s the...

As the custodians of medicine safety, promoting the judicious, quality and safe use of medicines is key to pharmacists’ roles. But it is also important to work with other health professionals to improve outcomes for all Australians. At the Medicine...

Better use of existing funding, leveraging digital health and empowering consumers are the keys to improving medicine safety. These were the main themes to come out of discussions at the Medicine Safety Forum held in Canberra on Monday. Convened by the...