Making medicine safety a National Health Priority Area

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA) two recently released reports, Pharmacists in 2023 and Medicine Safety: Take Care, both identify the need for medicine...

Night moves

Dimitra Tsucalas FPS, co-owner of Ascot Vale Supercare Pharmacy, has seen it all. From late-night triage, shift workers, opioid seekers and everything in between,...

Data shows pharmacists more distressed in 2020

Between mid-March and late April last year, the Pharmacists’ Support Service received a massive 88% increase in calls from distressed pharmacists compared with the same period in 2019,

Why all patients should be using a spacer

Questions about spacers are abundant in community pharmacy. AP answers some of the trickiest ones pharmacists face.

Community connections help this rural pharmacy thrive in trying times

In the rural New South Wales (NSW) town of Forbes, population 8,400, close relationships with their customers are helping the team at Flannery’s Pharmacy thrive in unusual times.

How QLD’s Chief Health Officer got the COVID message out

Attendees at PSA’s 2021 Queensland Annual Therapeutic Update were treated to a packed program, including an address from Queensland’s Chief Health Officer.