Environmentally responsible inhaled respiratory treatments – Implications for practice

Ziqi is a regular at your pharmacy. She has popped in today to purchase a salbutamol pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI). You notice on her dispensing history that this will be her third in the last 4 weeks and she is overdue to have her repeat for her budesonide dry powder inhaler (DPI) filled.

Insight is leading change

University lecturer, community pharmacist and PSA NSW Branch Vice-President Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin MPS has packed a lot into her 16 years in pharmacy – and she shows no sign of slowing down.

Free smoking cessation CPD for Victorian pharmacists

From June, pharmacists across metro and regional Victoria will have access to free training sessions to help their patients quit smoking. ‘Pharmacists are highly respected...

Tasmania reduces age of pharmacist vaccination

As part of Tasmania’s Winter Demand Plan for 2019, the Tasmanian Government is expanding pharmacist-led flu vaccinations to include children ten-years-old and over –...

$11.7 million investment for pharmacist-led medicine safety initiatives

Pharmacists will receive $11.7 million in funding for research into medicines safety and the quality use of medicines.

Infographic: Here’s how many people pharmacists have vaccinated

So far, community pharmacists have administered enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to fully vaccinate more than 1 million people. But that's just a number – here's what it really looks like.