6CPA program audits coming

Programs funded under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) will be subject to audits from next week to detect any inaccurate or ineligible claims. The...

Patients with COPD terrified of contracting COVID-19

After almost 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists must emphasise the importance of maintaining lung health on World COPD Day (17 November).

King of poisons or ‘magic bullet’?

A potent poison purportedly behind the death of a king, arsenic has also served numerous, less-sinister, medicinal purposes. In fact, the terms ‘magic bullet’ and...

How pharmacists can make a difference in aged care

Significant levels of ‘high-risk’ medications in Australian aged care facilities provide an area of need for future roles for pharmacists, the PSA19 conference was...

Flu season is upon us: reminders to immunise are essential

With COVID-19 continuing to dominate news headlines more than a year after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, PSA has urged people not to forget their annual influenza vaccination.

The 4-decade remote rural pharmacist

This Rhonda White MPS opened her pharmacy in the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales in 1983, and never wants to leave.