Data released last month shows an increase in the number of aged care residents prescribed antimicrobials, highlighting the need for pharmacists to use their...
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has recognised that pharmacists should be able to prescribe under two monitored models of prescribing, in a move welcomed...
Pharmacists in Queensland and Tasmania have been recognised for their contributions to the health of the community, with awards presented at two events at...
The PSA board has appointed health care advocate and health policy expert Mark Kinsela as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Kinsela was appointed after...
Trained pharmacist immunisers in Victoria will be able to administer the influenza vaccine to children 10 years and above from next year.
Victorian health minister...
About half of school leavers (schoolies) believe emergency contraception is only effective 12 or 24 hours after sexual intercourse, according to a new study...
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has heard clear calls for pharmacists, as a priority, to spend more time on the...
As pharmacists break down traditional boundaries and work in novel fields, we sought to explore one of the less common career pathways – the...
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...
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...
