Helping high-risk holidaymakers

Highest risk travellers need additional support from pharmacists, particularly those who are visiting friends and relatives.

Big Visions: from pharmacy to charity work

After more than 20 years in pharmacy, Zimbabwe-born Simon Carroll MPS was ready for a change: he sold his nine pharmacies, completed a master’s...

Community pharmacists need to to move beyond vaccinations

With community pharmacists an integral part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, it’s time to get serious about allowing pharmacists to administer other injectable medicines.

Aiming for zero medicine harm

It has been 3 years since medicine safety was announced as Australia’s 10th National Health Priority Area. How are we going at reducing harm...

Preventing emergency department use for non-urgent care

Emergency department (ED) presentations for non-urgent care can be lessened through improved healthcare services in the community, a new report has found. The Australian Institute...

A PHN clinical councillor pharmacist

When Rachel Salib MPS takes off her white coat each night, she’ll often put on her Primary Health Network clinical council hat – or boxing gloves.