Medicine safety will be improved through empowering consumers and a combination of practice, policy and research initiatives.

Recent research analysing the prescription of opioids to Queensland adults over a 21-year period found dispensing of the medicines increased by 11-fold.

Good communication skills, supported by evidence-based information, are essential for quality outcomes from collaborative medication reviews.

From hospital wards to community pharmacies, and increasingly, digital platforms, pharmacists are there to ensure medicines are used safely.

Community pharmacists in Victoria have less than three months to ensure they have an active connection with a Prescription Exchange Service (PES), so they...

Vaccination rates are rapidly slipping in vulnerable older Australians. Three pharmacists share their advice for turning this around.