Temporary Continued Dispensing Emergency Measures will be extended to at least 30 September, allowing Australians to continue to access essential medicines at Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prices if their prescription has run out. 

The 2023 National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) Congress, held from 16–21 January, was chock-full of memorable moments – AP brings you the highlights.

Five outstanding pharmacists were honoured for their commitment to excellence in pharmacy practice at the 2024 Victorian Excellence Awards.

The various dementias are a huge cause of death in Australia. Despite some light on the horizon, there are still no effective treatments.

From 1493 onwards, everyone who was anyone caught syphilis. Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gauguin, Keats, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, Manet and Al Capone all allegedly picked up the disease. Given that the ‘Great Pox’ was a known venereal disorder, it is no surprise Casanova also made the ever-growing list.

Deborah Hawthorne MPS is an innovator, mentor, facilitator and rural general practice and consultant pharmacist role model.