New healthcare rights charter focuses on patient partnership

The new Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights has a strong focus on the partnership between healthcare professionals and patients to improve health outcomes. With...

More vaccinations now available in NSW pharmacies

Whooping cough and measles vaccinations can now be performed by pharmacists in New South Wales (NSW), after approval by the state government. The initiative, which...

It’s time to use pharmacists’ skills properly

Australia’s pharmacists are underutilised. How can tapping pharmacists’ skills as medicines experts produce better healthcare outcomes? Pharmacists are highly trained, have deep expertise in medicines,...

A voice for Australia and New Zealand at IPSF 2025

Australia and New Zealand had a voice at the IPSF World Congress, influencing discussions on education, practice and global health.

Drivers’ prescription drug use under greater scrutiny

Pharmacists face new challenges when it comes to advising patients how prescription drug-use could affect their driving performance. A change to the legal definition...

World AIDS Day – 1 December

Men who have sex with men and use the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention pill have lower anxiety, new Australian research has revealed. Those who take...