How can pharmacists get involved in international aid and healthcare service provision overseas? Working as a pharmacist in overseas development can be stressful – but it is also an incredibly rewarding career path and will change the way you...

With community pharmacies feeling the squeeze, there has never been a more important time to provide continuity of care by building patient loyalty. Self-serve checkouts, online stores and banking through phone apps: these days there’s often little need to talk...

Leaders from pharmacy, medical and consumer organisations will gather in Canberra on Tuesday to explore how doctors and pharmacists can better cooperate to support patient care and safety. PSA’s inter-professional collaboration summit was prompted by the Victorian Coroner’s recent report...

The combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine will soon be available from community pharmacies across Victoria, under a new State Government initiative. In last week’s announcement, Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy also lowered the eligible age for pharmacy-administered vaccinations from 18 to...

From wonder drug to scourge. The synthesis of amphetamine has had a profound effect on society as well as attitudes towards drugs. From its use treating asthma and nasal congestion, to being prescribed for depression, epilepsy, drug and alcohol addiction...

The introduction of direct-acting antivirals therapies for hepatitis C in 2016 has contributed to a 20% decline in deaths attributed to the disease, but a drop in the number of people accessing the cure has public health authorities worried. This...

Two in three Australians believe pharmacists should be able to administer commonly used vaccines that currently require a doctor’s appointment, new PSA research shows. The nationwide poll by YouGov Galaxy found that 64 per cent of Australians support pharmacy administration of...

Submissions to the current Queensland Government inquiry into pharmacy ownership and regulation in the state have resoundingly supported current ownership provisions, amid concerns that any deregulation of current ownership laws would lead to the dilution of care. There has been...

PSA18 has wrapped up in Sydney, with the future of pharmacy firmly in sight as PSA presented the Pharmacists in 2023 Discussion Paper, a five-year plan to realise the full potential of pharmacists. PSA National President Dr Shane Jackson presented...

Researchers examining polypharmacy within aged populations have won the best paper and best poster categories at PSA18. Lauren Corre and a team of University of South Australia researchers were awarded the PSA18 Best Poster Prize for their project, Mapping medication...