New legislation passed on Monday night introduces mandatory reporting of shortages of all prescription medicines as well as other medicines deemed vital for public health. A medicine will be deemed to be in shortage if there is not enough, or...

Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and how we now regulate medicines. Like many ‘wonder drugs’ of the 20th century, thalidomide was first...

Australian pharmacy professionals have received top honours at the 78th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Glasgow, while PSA has been named co-host for the FIP Congress in 2021. PSA members Tina Brock MPS and John Bell...

Realising the full potential of pharmacists requires a reimagining of how the profession fits into the wider healthcare model, and PSA wants to harness the imagination of its members in this vision. Overwhelming feedback from our members and the wider...

How can I improve work­flow in my community pharmacy? In improving work­flow within your community pharmacy, it is essential that you get our pharmacy team involved from the beginning, as more often than not, any changes you make to the...

I own a remote community pharmacy in WA. Is there a need for my pharmacy to have a digital or online presence? In the 20th century, the front door for patients to visit you was limited to the physical pharmacy...

Pharmacists have been given a powerful new tool for giving advice to Australia’s diverse communities, after the Department of Social Services substantially expanded access to its Free Interpreting Service. Until recently, the phone-based service had only been able to be...

An English project looking to reduce medicines wastage across community pharmacy, care homes and general practice has produced savings representing a return of nearly £4.28 on every £1 spent on its development.1   ‘Community pharmacy teams are in the unique...

Scenario A patient, who identi­fies as an Aboriginal person, presents to the pharmacy for her monthly prescriptions. Her prescriptions are not annotated as ‘CTG - Closing The Gap PBS Co-payment Measure’. She queries why she has to pay for her...

The Northern Territory Government is offering incentives for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to relocate to fill a skills shortage. But what is pharmacist life like at the Top End? A list of ‘hard to fill’ occupations has been released, offering...