Here’s how pharmacists can help patients manage chronic pain

There is room for improvement in the relationship between people with chronic pain and their pharmacist, new research has shown.

The policymaker

Karen Castle MPS, PSA’s newest policy pharmacist, writes healthcare legislation and knows plenty about voluntary assisted dying requirements.

Insomnia: a home medicines review case study

Pharmacists have an important role to play in the management of insomnia, including recommending non-pharmacological management.

Overcoming challenges with disability medicines

How pharmacists can improve the lives of people living with disabilities through careful medicine reviews and follow-up. Just like medicine safety challenges in aged care,...

How Deanna Mill MPS made professionalism a career

A career as a hospital pharmacist was always the goal for Deanna Mill MPS. But after meeting other young pharmacists through PSA’s Early Career Pharmacists network, she decided to step outside of her comfort zone and explore what else pharmacy had to offer.

A preventable tragedy that changed drug approval forever

Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and...