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?

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...

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.

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.