Crushing and dispersing medicines
Healthcare professionals do not often discuss swallowing difficulties, particularly a patient’s ability to swallow solid oral dosage forms.
Learning objectives
After reading this article, pharmacists...
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...
The hospital pharmacist
Deirdre Criddle FPS is a complex care coordinator pharmacist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA, and also a senior pharmacist steering professional services...
Home medicines services to support vulnerable during COVID-19 outbreak
The federal government is fast-tracking the rollout of electronic prescribing across the country to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Vale Dr Ross William Holland AM FPS
Pharmacy has lost one of its true servants and innovators with the passing of Dr Ross Holland (6 May 1938 – 16 May 2025).
Opinion: hospital pharmacists can support improved transitions into aged care
The latest medicine safety report from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Medicine Safety: Aged Care, shines a light on problems with the safety...
