Medicine safety in aged care must be improved
One in five unplanned hospital admissions for aged care residents is the result of inappropriate medicines use, a new report from PSA reveals.
Visionary pharmacist named year’s best at PSA18
John Jackson FPS has been named PSA Pharmacist of the Year for his decades-long commitment to developing new practice and funding models, and for...
Medicines safety in breastfeeding
Pharmacists play an important role in advising parents and carers of breast-fed infants about their safe use of medicines.
The benefits of breastfeeding are...
Pharmacist stress in the pandemic
Managing an increased workload, medicine shortages, myriad legislation changes, reduced staff numbers and an anxious public has seen pharmacists' stress levels rise.
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.
Pharmacists: the secret ingredient in the quit smoking journey
Each year, approximately 15,500 Australian families face the grief and trauma of someone they love dying from a disease caused by smoking. In 2017,...













