With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, working as a consultant pharmacist in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) suddenly became a professional challenge for Melbourne’s Neil Petrie MPS.

Australia’s cities hug the coast, but in rural and remote areas, sole pharmacists are providing communities with an essential service. Some may think it’s...

Bridgette Mackley MPS is a community pharmacist in Coffs Harbour, NSW, and PSA’s NSW Intern of the Year.

Lactation has important health benefits for babies and mothers, but new research has discovered it improves women’s cardiovascular health.

Kylie van Rooijen MPS found a role in a South Australian Aboriginal health service by chance. After seeing the difference having a pharmacist on board can make, they are determined to keep her on.

Updated guidelines in the Australian Asthma Handbook were released in September 2025 with SABA-only therapy now considered risky in adults and adolescents.