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

There is a link between the perceived quality of care provided by community pharmacists and patients’ adherence to prescribed medicine, new Australian research has shown.

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

Pharmacists across the country have a new way to connect, collaborate and drive the profession forward, with the launch of PSA’s Communities of Specialty Interest (CSIs).

With community pharmacists at the forefront of primary care, they can have a major role in a chronic kidney disease patient’s care.

COVID-19 has fostered an even closer relationship between the pharmacy and wards of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.