The healthcare sector was recently called out for the devastating levels of waste generated from single-use plastics and medicines. Both hospital and community pharmacists...
Australian Pharmacist investigates the prevalence of violence towards pharmacists and the measures to take to ensure staff safety.
Conducting research can be a daunting prospect. But by choosing a mentor and working intelligently, pharmacists can research and have their work published.
A study...
Helping consumers understand the language of medicines is the key message to emerge from this year’s Be Medicinewise Week.
To improve this understanding, PSA encourages...
The Department of Health recently released its reform plan for healthcare: Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan: to build the world’s best health system....
The Federal Government needs to create a Commonwealth Chief Pharmacist role and urgently develop a discussion paper to address rural pharmacy quality, access and...
Emergency department (ED) presentations for non-urgent care can be lessened through improved healthcare services in the community, a new report has found.
The Australian Institute...
Deirdre Criddle FPS is a complex care coordinator pharmacist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA, and also a senior pharmacist steering professional services...
The new Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights has a strong focus on the partnership between healthcare professionals and patients to improve health outcomes. With...
PSA’s Offshore Refresher Conference this year took members to Europe. ECP Sinead Stone MPS went along, courtesy of a grant from Bayer.
It was...
