The program transforming regional and rural healthcare

A new program in a NSW Primary Health Network is providing pharmacist consultations to patients in rural and regional communities.

Benefits of pharmacists managing minor ailments service: study

An Australian clinical impact study has demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered minor ailments service compared to usual pharmacist care in the community setting.

The neurosciences specialist

Finding his niche in neuroscience, the Alfred Hospital’s Julian Ellis MPS, is championing brain-related disease management in all facets of pharmacy. How did you wind...

COVID-19: Huge numbers of residents infected in Victorian aged care facilities

Nearly 800 residents in Victorian residential aged care facilities (RACFs) have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the state’s total number of cases to 9,049.

Oral PDE4 inhibitors in the management of stable COPD

Almost 1.45 million Australians have some form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This equates to one in seven Australians over 40 suffering from...

Can pharmacists help prevent doping in sport?

The recent release of the updated 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods from the World-Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) raises the question about the relationship...