7CPA: a step forward in improving medicine safety

As the detail of the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement is worked out, five subject matter experts share their thoughts so far. Pharmacy in Australia...

Glauber’s salt: the laxative of choice until the 1900s

Until ‘more sophisticated alternatives’ came about in the 1900s, Glauber’s salt was the global go-to purgative.

Why pharmacists are integral to mental health treatment

There is an over-reliance on medicines to treat Victorians with mental health conditions, a royal commission into the state’s mental health system has found.

New Pharmacy Programs Agreement negotiations have begun

Formal negotiations have begun on a new Pharmacy Programs Agreement, Health Minister Butler announced at PSA25 today.

What are pharmacists doing in other countries?

Pharmacists present to the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) on unique services in their country to improve health and safety.

Pharmacy evolution – doing things differently

Community pharmacies must continue to evolve if they wish to thrive into the future. What does that look like in practice? ‘Fifty cigarettes a day...