Medicine safety – a new national priority

A watershed moment for patients, pharmacists and medicine safety was reached last week when federal, state and territory health ministers declared Medicine Safety and...

A new national approach to pain management

The new National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management offers plenty of opportunities for pharmacists to work to their full scope of practice. The Action...

PSA: embed pharmacists to reduce medicine harm in aged care

PSA has called for a national program that embeds pharmacists in all aged care facilities in its submission to the Royal Commission into Aged...

6CPA program audits coming

Programs funded under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) will be subject to audits from next week to detect any inaccurate or ineligible claims. The...

Pain pointers: How to prepare your pharmacy for codeine change

Preparing now for the up‑scheduling of codeine‑containing medicines to prescription-only will mean pharmacists are in a better position to inform and educate their customers....

Realising pharmacists’ full potential

We are working to achieve the 11 key actions in Pharmacists in 2023 to unlock opportunities for pharmacists as the custodians of medicine safety. I was...