How Luke Kelly FPS moved from pharmacy owner to broker

Community pharmacist. Business owner. Pharmacy broker. Mentor. Lecturer. These are all titles Luke Kelly FPS has held during his 40-year pharmacy career. 

4 vaccine trends this influenza season

New strains, updated recommendations and funding changes require pharmacists to stay vigilant this season.

The incident trends every pharmacist should know

These case examples show that errors arise from system pressures, not individual failings. Pharmacists can act on these insights to strengthen governance. When pharmacists call...

Hospital pharmacists’ scope is expanding

From roles in governance, research and education, hospital pharmacists are practicing to an increasingly advanced scope.

Running for the shelter of a ‘mother’s little helper’

The popularisation of meprobamate from the 1950s onwards ushered in the dawn of the psychopharmacological era where patients began to look to doctors to...

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.