Insomnia management in residential aged care

Insomnia is a common issue among residents in aged care facilities, often leading to significant health consequences, including cognitive impairment, increased cardiometabolic risk and reduced quality of life.

Bushfire update and emergency dispensing provisions

Federal, state and territory governments have worked quickly in the past week to introduce legislation that enables those affected by the bushfire crisis to...

Rural and remote pharmacists need more support

In many rural and remote communities, the pharmacy is often the first stop for any health care question – whether medicine-related or not.

Tasmania reduces age of pharmacist vaccination

As part of Tasmania’s Winter Demand Plan for 2019, the Tasmanian Government is expanding pharmacist-led flu vaccinations to include children ten-years-old and over –...

Better remuneration key to vaccine access

Caleb Stuetz MPS discusses the extraordinary lengths pharmacists go to in order to ensure equitable vaccine access.

The role of pharmacists in new euthanasia laws

On 29 November 2017, the Victorian Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017. This is the first time an Australian state government has legislated...