Apps for mindfulness and meditation

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Evidence supports the effectiveness of meditation in managing various common conditions. These apps can guide practice. If you’re hearing mindfulness and meditation more and...

Medicine safety in aged care must be improved

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One in five unplanned hospital admissions for aged care residents is the result of inappropriate medicines use, a new report from PSA reveals.

PSA names new CEO

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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

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

Pharmacist of all trades

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Distinguished Professor Gregory Peterson FPS has co-owned two pharmacies, been a hospital pharmacist and advised Sigma Pharmaceuticals. Now it’s teaching, research and other varied...

Community spirited

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Creating a pharmacy her community deserves is what drives PSA’s 2023 Pharmacist of the Year Elise Apolloni MPS – even if it means never quite getting enough sleep.