Vic lockdowns impact essential medication review services

With COVID-19 outbreaks in one in four Victorian residential aged care facilities, many older people are at risk not only from the pandemic, but from a lack of medicine safety.

Hospital pharmacists: what they are doing now

Hospital pharmacists working in the hospital setting were once limited to the dispensary. This has now evolved further to specialisations.

The new women’s health initiatives, explained

Over the weekend, the Albanese Government announced a $573 million commitment to national women’s health initiatives, to bipartisan support.

To foil bag or not to foil bag, that is the...

Ever wondered about the point of foil bags and if they keep medicines cold? PSA clinical expert Claire Antrobus provides a helpful rundown.

Pharmacist advice needed in the use of MR paracetamol

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made an interim decision to upschedule modified release (MR) paracetamol tablets from 1 October 2019 due to safety...

Determinants of health and reducing health inequity

Health can be defined in many ways and is influenced by context, culture and an individual's belief systems.