Key recommendations to strengthen pharmacists’ role in healthcare

The scope of practice review recommends sweeping legislative change and solutions to funding challenges to improve healthcare services.

Men warned of sodium valproate risk ahead of fatherhood

The Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a caution over the use of sodium valproate in men who are planning a family.

New principles for medicine management in frail older people

Australian pharmacists now have access to international consensus principles for medication management in frail older people, a group rarely included in clinical practice guidelines or research.

This pharmacist is transforming homeless health services

Homeless patients often have complex health needs and difficulty sticking to medicine regimes. But Western Australia-based GP pharmacist Kate Fulford MPS uses her broad knowledge base to find the right approach.

Vaccination advice for monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

Vaccination will be paramount to curb the spread of monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis in Australia, delegates at the VIC/TAS Annual Therapeutic Update 2022 heard.

Is Australia heading for a massive measles outbreak?

There have been two deaths in the southwest US due to measles. Western Australia is facing a fresh outbreak. Are we next?