What can be done about ongoing medicine shortages?
Palliative care patients and children bear the brunt of short supply of medicines. These legislative updates could help to make a difference.
Bringing pharmacy skills to the MasterChef kitchen
Years of calculating exact medication dosages mirror Depinder Chhibber’s meticulous approach in the MasterChef Australia kitchen.
New COVID-19 booster advice
Just ahead of an apparent end-of-year surge in COVID-19 cases in the two most populous states, Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced on 12 December that the booster program would be fast-tracked.
Regulation changes allow more pharmacist-administered vaccines
Two east coast states have made recent vaccine legislation updates, expanding community access through barrier removal.
Pharmacists on the frontline in Victoria’s COVID-19 surge
Victorian pharmacists are once again stepping up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as residents in greater Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire prepare for the reintroduction of Stage 3 restrictions for six weeks from midnight tonight (8 July).
Belladonna: beautiful but deadly
Before it helped make a fashion statement, belladonna was used as an anaesthetic, pain reliever and remedy for assorted ailments.













