ECPs – leaders of future pharmacy

Early Career Pharmacists (ECPs) are emerging as a force for change as the profession moves to the safe and quality use of medicines, practising...

Bridging healthcare gaps for people with intellectual disability

Approximately 1.8% of Australians have an Intellectual Disorder (ID), with severe or profound impairment. Australian Pharmacist looks at how pharmacists can upskill to provide appropriate care to this patient group. 

Australia’s rise in accidental drug-induced overdoses

As the rate of accidental prescribed drug-induced overdoses continues to climb, pharmacists have an increased responsibility to focus on early intervention. The Penington Institute’s Australia’s...

Pharmacists keep up vital medicine supplies during catastrophic fires

Tales of heroism and sacrifice by pharmacists have poured out of fire-affected areas in the catastrophic fires and smoke hazes that have ravaged multiple...

Is combined NRT therapy the best bet for smoking cessation?

Groundbreaking new research has found that current smokers are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD), but these risks greatly decrease...

Sustainable pharmacy practice is the order of the day

A resounding theme at the FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brisbane is the need for action on climate change.