The hospital pharmacist

Deirdre Criddle FPS is a complex care coordinator pharmacist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA, and also a senior pharmacist steering professional services...

Expert advice for navigating R U OK? conversations

R U OK? Day (14 September) provides the perfect opportunity for pharmacists to check how patients are coping.

Antidepressants and benzodiazepines for major depression

This evidence summary presents the best available evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of a combination of antidepressants and benzodiazepines for adults with major...

Hot topics at the 2019 FIP Congress

Medicine access, technological disruption to traditional care models, ethical dilemmas and gender equity dominated the program for the 79th International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) Congress. The...

Heavy conversations: pharmacy and the obesity epidemic

Pharmacists are in the front line of the obesity epidemic. But counselling patients on diet behaviour can have troubling consequences. Is it time for...

Pandemic dominates FIP 2020

Pharmacists from across the globe came together to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic at the annual FIP congress – held virtually – this week.