Pharmacists have been hamstrung by conflicting federal and state legislation while battling to provide the best possible care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From cancelling the dispensing event to reissuing the prescription, these key steps ensure no token is left active in unauthorised hands.

When patients ask if they need to give up bananas, pharmacists can redirect the conversation to the real drivers of hyperkalaemia risk.

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.

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

A locum pharmacist undergoing feminising treatment explains how to provide, inclusive, safe and clinically appropriate care.