Consumers want to see pharmacy services expand

Consumers desire greater specialisation and increased services from the pharmacy profession, which should be front of mind in community pharmacy practice. Consumer input into pharmacy...

Women and heart health

Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of death in Australian women and pharmacists can help them check their heart health and manage their risk...

How culturally safe is your pharmacy?

This National Reconciliation Week (27 May–3 June), PSA Senior Pharmacist Megan Tremlett encourages pharmacists to change their perspective on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to improve end-of-life care.

Heading off patient harm from medicines

Medicine adherence, deprescribing and establishing systems to prevent error recurrence are all part of the pharmacist’s calling to protect patient safety. Pharmacists, as custodians of...

Highlights from the FIP 2023 Congress

If you are ever able to attend a FIP Congress, you should expect a very busy time. And the World Congress in Brisbane did not disappoint.

Is combined NRT therapy the best bet for smoking cessation?

Groundbreaking new research has found that current smokers are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD), but these risks greatly decrease...