Australian Pharmacist

Queenslanders are set to have greater access to high-quality, primary healthcare services from today (24 April 2024) under the state government’s Community Pharmacy Scope...

While Australians are taking fewer antibiotics overall, there are concerns that antimicrobial prescribing is steadily increasing in aged care.

The last year has been one of the most challenging to date. But as these stories highlight, pharmacists have continued to improve the lives of Australians throughout the pandemic.

With medicine shortages set to be an issue for the foreseeable future, local medicines manufacturing could be the way forward.

How pharmacists are trained to deal with life-threatening calls – from medicine misadventure to ingestion of pesticides.

Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective and life-saving health interventions, saving over 150 million lives worldwide in the last half century. In Australia, we’re...