Data shows pharmacists more distressed in 2020

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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,

Pharmacists must urge patients to get vaccinated against COVID-19

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Winter might be over but that doesn’t mean the COVID-19 pandemic is, warns the Immunisation Coalition in a new vaccination campaign.

How to manage neuropathic pain

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Neuropathic pain is defined as ‘pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system’.1 It is associated with impaired quality of...

FIP congress and two Australians honoured

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Find out what pharmacy topics are being discussed on the world stage at FIP, along with the Australians who received top honours.

Screening for kidney disease starts in pharmacy

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Pharmacists are helping detect CKD sooner through point-of-care testing and risk assessment that connect at-risk patients with their GP. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a...

Real-time prescription monitoring for Victoria

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In a landmark decision, Victoria’s Parliament has passed new legislation allowing for a new real-time prescription monitoring system – making it the first state...