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,
Pharmacists must urge patients to get vaccinated against COVID-19
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
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
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
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
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...













