2019 year in review
It was a big year for Australian pharmacists, with the release of important reports calling for reform for the profession and providing a vision...
Making carers visible in healthcare
Carers are frontline healthcare partners. Here's how pharmacists can recognise and empower them to transform patient care.
Solutions for minimising medicine stockpiling
Many pharmacists have likely come across expired medicines, kept 'just in case' for later use. But stockpiling can create a number of medicine safety risks.
International aid and healthcare service provision
How can pharmacists get involved in international aid and healthcare service provision overseas?
Working as a pharmacist in overseas development can be stressful –...
NSW pharmacists given special authority to supply essential medicines
NSW has granted pharmacists a landmark special authority to supply most S4 medicines without a prescription to those affected by bushfires.
The NSW Chief Health...
Ethical lessons for Australian pharmacists from overseas
What ethical lessons do Australian pharmacists need to heed from other countries? A panel of experts at the FIP Congress filled in the blanks.



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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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