A pop-up pharmacy clinic offering screening services after breakfast[/caption]
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.
PSA names new CEO
The PSA board has appointed health care advocate and health policy expert Mark Kinsela as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Kinsela was appointed after...
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...
Pharmacists recognised as Queen’s Birthday honourees
The Queen’s Birthday honourees included seven pharmacists, acknowledging their diverse contributions to the profession, and speaks to pharmacy’s impact in healthcare.
The pharmacists recognised represented...
‘We don’t have good data on medication errors’: Deputy CMO
Connecting information across healthcare systems and settings will help improve the quality use of medicines (QUM), according to experts at the virtual 2021 National Medicines Symposium, held on 18 May.
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...
