Reforming Australian mental health care – pharmacists’ roles

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

How to foster continuity of care

With community pharmacies feeling the squeeze, there has never been a more important time to provide continuity of care by building patient loyalty. Self-serve checkouts,...

An insight into pharmacists in general practice

Mina Naguib MPS is a General Practice Pharmacist, Aged Care dispensing Pharmacist and Medication Management Review Pharmacist, placing him on the frontline of medicines...

Vaccine access widens significantly in SA

South Australia now offers the widest variety of pharmacist-administered vaccines in the country, following significant changes to the Vaccine Administration Code last week.

Interprofessional collaboration and the pharmacist

Pharmacists play a signi­ficant role in the optimisation of medicine use across healthcare settings, and should be considered integral participants in multidisciplinary collaboration Learning objectives...

Conjunctivitis – an irritating condition

Conjunctivitis is a common ophthalmic condition characterised by inflammation of the conjunctiva. Causes of conjunctivitis can be either infective (e.g. bacterial, viral) or non-infective (e.g. allergic, chemical irritation).