PSA grassroots draft scripts for email and phone conversations

Draft email Dear Mr/Ms XXX, We know our health system has faced immense pressure over recent years. Pharmacists are too often overlooked and undervalued, despite the...

Barriers removed for pharmacists to seek mental health treatment

Changes in Australian mandatory reporting laws will remove barriers to mental health treatment for health professionals. Australian federal, state and territory health ministers at April’s...

Pharmacist Insight – Older and Wiser

Dr Renly Lim is a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia working to expand the role of pharmacists in residential care facilities,...

Two important new updates to diabetes management

Changes to the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) now allow more people to access the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) products available under the scheme...

Spending on medicines rises even as dispensing drops

Australian prescription dispensing volume is lower, but spending on PBS medicines has increased in the past two years, according to the Australian Institute of...

Collaborative prescribing to improve patient outcomes

The results of a study examining collaborative prescribing in Australian hospitals indicates that the practice, already successfully trialled in the US and the UK,...