Supporting terminally ill patients

Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.

PSA standards for CPD for pharmacists now published

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) recently launched the PSA Standards for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Pharmacists, marking a new era for the...

Are antibiotics courses for common infections too long?

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, shorter courses of antibiotics are now recommended for patients with common infections, but how short is long enough? The...

Q&A: Safescript

I want to implement SafeScript in my pharmacy. What do I do, and how long does the process take? SafeScript is an initiative by the...

Pharmacy in a busy hospital setting

Michael Bakker MPS is an ECP on the move. He’s a pharmacist team leader at SA Health’s Flinders Medical Centre, and volunteers with Parkinson’s SA.

Real-time prescription monitoring comes to South Australia

South Australia is the latest state to introduce RTPM in a nation-wide effort to curb addiction, overdose and death.