Drivers’ prescription drug use under greater scrutiny

Pharmacists face new challenges when it comes to advising patients how prescription drug-use could affect their driving performance. A change to the legal definition...

Kieran Baker extended interview

Pharmacists are generally resistant to working with the aged care sector. It requires around-the-clock attention to detail and on-call availability with a growing list...

Australia excels on the global pharmacy stage

Australian pharmacy professionals have received top honours at the 78th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Glasgow, while PSA has been...

Call for pharmacist access to the MBS for Chronic Disease Management

Pharmacists within general practice is a positive step forward, but the exclusion from MBS Team Care arrangements in CDM items makes no sense. After a...

How pharmacists can make a difference in aged care

Significant levels of ‘high-risk’ medications in Australian aged care facilities provide an area of need for future roles for pharmacists, the PSA19 conference was...

Pharmacists in 2023: roles and remuneration

Better remuneration and career support are key to the future of pharmacists’ roles. The pharmacy profession provides a much broader range of health services...