Veganism and the role of the pharmacist

Vegan diets are becoming increasingly popular among teenagers and youth, especially females, due to the perceived health benefits of a plant-based diet. Learning objectives...

PSA pharmacists educate colleagues in PNG

PSA pharmacists share their clinical skills on diabetes, dengue fever and malaria. In an innovative initiative that bodes well for future collaboration between pharmacists in...

Pharmacists in GP surgeries: the UK perspective

The workforce issue facing general practice has been around for some time in the United Kingdom. Between 2007 and 2014, the GP clinical workload...

Pharmacists’ vaccination value adds up to saved lives

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has praised pharmacists’ role in saving lives through expanded vaccinations in community pharmacies, and undertaken to pressure states to...

Lockdowns and vaccine confusion plague nation

As Australia sits on the knife’s edge of a national COVID-19 outbreak, authorities are scrambling to bolster vaccination rates. 

Pharmacists assisting in drug dependency

The recent upscheduling of codeine has pushed issues around drug dependency into the spotlight. So how can community pharmacists help minimise harm at the...