Pharmacists in 2023: roles and remuneration
Better remuneration and career support are key to the future of pharmacists’ roles.
The pharmacy profession provides a much broader range of health services...
Antimicrobial use up in disadvantaged areas
Antimicrobial medicines use declined in Australia from 2013 to 2018, but the country’s rate remains high by OECD standards, according to new research.
Inside a multidisciplinary antenatal vaccination clinic
To protect pregnant women and their unborn babies from the severe adverse outcomes associated with the virus, the first pharmacist-led COVID-19 vaccination clinic for pregnant women opened in Western Australia’s King Edward Memorial Hospital on 20 September.
Ensuring safer opioid systems
Opioid analgesic stewardship is now a national medicines safety priority, targeting preventable harm across acute settings and transitions to community care.
COVID-19 spreading locally
Health authorities have urged Australians returning from Iran to self-quarantine for 14 days as Australia reports its first cases of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19.
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The impact of air pollution
Air pollution is making us sick according to local and global research, including a study linking exposure to air pollution with subsequent acute cardiac...
