What pharmacists need to know about the early flu outbreak
An early start to flu season might lead patients to seek out the vaccine earlier than usual. But while healthcare practitioners stress the need...
From the president: Medicine safety is vital to improving disability care
Last month, I had the pleasure of meeting many of you at our annual PSA22 flagship conference in Sydney, where we also launched our...
Medicine safety: The big picture
Dr Libby Roughead MPS is Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of South Australia’s School of Pharmacy, where her work focuses on quantifying...
Antibiotic resistance knowledge improving, but more to be done
Almost three-quarters of Australians are aware of the term ‘antibiotic resistance' and one quarter believe that it is affecting us, an NPS MedicineWise survey...
Budget’s funding welcome, but more is needed for pharmacy
PSA has welcomed the government’s commitment to pharmacy in the 2019-20 Federal Budget through the extension of the Administration Handling and Infrastructure (AHI) fee...
Minor Ailments Scheme gets 10/10 from Scottish patients
A new report indicates the ‘undeniable popularity’ of Scotland’s Minor Ailment Scheme (MAS), as support swells amongst pharmacy groups for its implementation in Australia....
