Australian Pharmacist

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

Gunnedah-based Karen Carter FPS loves making a difference to patients’ health and wellbeing. She always knew she wanted to own a pharmacy. Now she has two .

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.

There is strong evidence that hospital patients benefit from pharmacists being involved in post-discharge care. But pharmacists face multiple barriers when it comes to...

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.

A replacement for cotton wool and tape at injection sites and a new app that tracks expiry dates on medicines to prevent wastage were among six innovative ideas to advance patient care presented to judges at yesterday’s session.