The true cost of chronic pain

Around 3.24 million Australians are suffering from chronic pain daily, costing the economy $139.3 billion in 2018, a new report by Painaustralia has suggested.1 The...

On the ground in Mallacoota: community pharmacy at the front line

Images of holidaymakers being evacuated by Navy ship as bushfires closed in on Mallacoota have made the Victorian coastal town a global symbol of...

Vaccinating in-house and hub

When the Tasmanian government called for immunisers to staff its COVID-19 vaccination clinics, community pharmacist Robert Beaumont MPS was eager to put his qualifications to good use.

The startling extent of Australia’s medication overuse

A new report has found that Australians continue to overuse certain medicines. Pharmacist intervention is necessary to keep this issue in check, said the...

Safe hands: minimising antipsychotic use in the elderly

Concerns over the overuse of antipsychotics in Residential Aged Care Facilities have reached a high tide – but so have efforts to address the...

Q&A: Helping vaccine hesitant patients

Helping patients work through concerns or hesitation for vaccination requires more than the provision of factual information.