Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October
COVID-19 vaccines will move onto the National Immunisation Program later this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?
Making antidepressant tapering safer and easier
In a significant advancement for patient-centred care, a team of pharmacists is reshaping the landscape of antidepressant deprescribing.
A fair day’s pharmacy – your rights and obligations
So you think you know your rights and obligations at work? Go to school on these employment fundamentals.
Staff are the key to the success...
1 July brings major pharmacy changes
Major changes affecting pharmacists will take effect from 1 July. Here are the updates that will apply at the start of the financial year.
The way of the future: Australia’s first e-prescription dispensed
A significant milestone has been reached in pharmacy, with Australia’s first genuine and legally valid electronic prescription (e-prescription) created, stored and dispensed in Victoria last week.
‘I don’t have a script. Can I have an emergency supply...
Emergency supply of medicines allows a pharmacist, in an emergency without a prescription, to initiate a small quantity supply (usually 3 days’ worth) of a Prescription OnlyMedicine (S4) for a patient when it’s not possible to contact the prescriber.













