All RACFs should employ pharmacists: royal commission
Residential aged care providers should be required to employ or retain at least one pharmacist as part of their allied healthcare team, according to the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Pharmacists and anaphylaxis advice
Pharmacists’ accessibility and expertise make them an essential part of severe allergy management in children.
Psychotropic medicines in the spotlight in Aged Care Royal Commission
As interviews for the Aged Care Royal Commission continue, medical experts have voiced concerns about the overuse of psychotropics as medical restraints in aged...
Pharmacists displaced by border closures
With fresh COVID-19 outbreaks in several states, pharmacists and patients alike have found themselves unable to return home after the holiday break.
No more dispensing ‘in the dark’
With the coming requirement for pathology providers to upload all test results to My Health Record, pharmacists will be able to ‘see’ patients more clearly.
The aged care researcher
The expert witness testimony of Dr Janet Sluggett MPS at the aged care royal commission last year resulted in changes to the RMMR program.













