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.

A new intervention will target medicine safety in primary care, with the aim of reducing medicine-related hospitalisations by identifying at-risk patients.

Recently appointed PSA National President Dr Fei Sim used her opening address at PSA22 to lay out her priorities for pharmacy.

Two ECPs discuss the new additions to this year’s conference program and the improvements they expect to see in their practice.

The expert witness testimony of Dr Janet Sluggett MPS at the aged care royal commission last year resulted in changes to the RMMR program.

Early monitoring, sensitive communication and guideline awareness are essential when medicines are used to manage youth mental health.