How can community pharmacists make a difference in mental health?
Early detection
Community pharmacists can play a role in detecting warning signs for people experiencing a mental health problem. This can often be done through...
Greater pharmacist role in Aboriginal health trialled
Pharmacist-led health interventions in Aboriginal communities came under the spotlight at PSA18 in Sydney yesterday, as delegates got early insight into some of the...
GP Pharmacists change views on pharmacy scope of care
Having a pharmacist in a general practice can be a powerful tool for changing other healthcare practitioners' attitudes towards pharmacy scope of care, a...
Taking care: the different areas of medicine safety
In its landmark Medicine Safety: Take Care report, PSA identified the frightening cost of medicine misadventure in Australia. With medicines safety a central theme...
Pandemic planning for pharmacists
If a pandemic or disaster struck in your community, would your pharmacy know how to properly assist?
That's the issue PhD candidate Elizabeth McCourt is...
Mandatory reporting: New reporting rules give advance warning
On 1 January 2019, new laws will enforce the mandatory reporting scheme for medicine shortages – a welcome change.
It’s a very difficult conversation...
