Pharmacists supporting victims of domestic violence

Domestic violence is a widespread and serious public health issue, and pharmacists are uniquely positioned to identify and assist affected patients.

Injectable medication administration an essential skill

Aside from administering medicines by injection, Queensland-based community pharmacist Fiona Watson MPS loves tearing up a Latin dance floor.

More data needed to tackle costs of cold chain breaches

A pilot study investigating loss of medicines due to cold chain breaches (CCB) in community pharmacies in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia, has...

The accidental pharmacist

Cathie Reid MPS is an entrepreneur, a self-confessed ‘tech geek’, a philanthropist and healthcare pioneer. But her career trajectory could have been very different...

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...

Tips for pharmacists tackling unconscious bias

The authors of a new systematic review on unconscious bias towards ethnic minority groups in healthcare reveal the steps pharmacists can take to improve their practice.