Giving a voice back to elderly patients
Yesterday’s National Medicine Symposium delivered a stark critique of how our health system is failing older patients – and how to fix it.
Overdose deaths hit decade-high in Victoria
A recent report conducted by the Coroners Court of Victoria found that overdose deaths in 2024 were the highest they have been in a...
Understanding the barriers to RMMRs
Residential medication management reviews have proven to be beneficial in identifying medicine-related problems, so why are they so under-utilised?
Assessing and managing sore throat
Sore throat is a symptom rather than a diagnosis. Although usually mild it can be painful and warrants careful investigation by pharmacists.
Paediatric sleep: not child’s play at all
Healthy sleep requires a range of complex physiological processes to be aligned with the body’s circadian clock and matched to social and environmental contexts
Raft of NSW COVID restrictions; updated ATAGI advice
New South Wales has recorded 16 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing new restrictions today to stop the spread.
