The winner of the first PSA Shark Tank is no minnow. SetDose has a $42 billion problem in its sights: medication and dosing errors. To call medication and dosing errors a signi­ficant problem is an understatement. Globally, medication errors are...

PSA Self Care Fact Cards are an ideal aid to connect with your community. The PSA Self Care Fact Cards are an invaluable resource designed to give evidence-based information to patients on common health topics. The engaging visual media breaks...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released an updated List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (the List). The document, which is released annually, is part of a comprehensive program that aims to eliminate doping in professional sport. “The publication of...

A Queensland Government inquiry has recommended allowing pharmacists to provide some low-risk prescriptions, as well as lowering the minimum patient age requirement for pharmacist-administered vaccinations to 16 years. A parliamentary inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and transfer...

Community pharmacists working within the Health Care Homes (HCH) model will have access to extensive training from October, to develop their skills in collaborative medication management services. The training program has been developed by PSA and the Pharmacy Guild of...

Victoria has begun rolling out its SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring program, prompting many to ask: When will pharmacists see a national system? Wading through the harrowing details of many thousands of prescription-drug related deaths, Australian coroners have been calling for...

The first PBS-listed treatment for active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis will be available immediately to some patients, after the Federal Government negotiated a compassionate access scheme. Simponi (golimumab) will be available on the PBS from December, to patients with the debilitating...

Momentum for pharmacist prescribing continues to grow, with a third of participants at a recent forum calling for the profession to move forward with developing models for the practice in Australia. For its Pharmacist Prescribing Forum earlier this year, the...

Patients rely on pharmacists and prescribers having mutual respect for one another, while maintaining their independence. We take a look at striking the right balance. Ian John Gilbert, 77, had a psoriasis flare-up. He visited his GP, got a script...

The international voice of Australian pharmacy has been amplified by the appointment of PSA National President Dr Shane Jackson to the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) Community Pharmacy Section executive committee. Dr Jackson, who was elected to the position at the...