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.

Pharmacists in Aboriginal health services

Pharmacists who want to make a difference to the lives of Indigenous patients need to listen and learn what is important to them, says Northern Territory pharmacist Jaimee Anderson MPS.

How pharmacists can expedite diagnosis of child brain cancer

A paediatric oncologist explains how pharmacists can spot the early warning signs of childhood brain cancer and save lives.

Why are so many children harmed from medicines?

Medication errors and poisonings are leading to a staggering number of avoidable hospitalisations among children and adolescents.

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...

COVID-19 prophylactic treatment now accessible in community pharmacies

Previously available in hospitals only, Evusheld can now be accessed in Victoria's 24-hour Supercare pharmacies.