‘Our public hospitals can’t wait’
Pharmacists back doctors’ plea for 45% public hospital funding Dr Danielle McMullen, President of the Australian Medical Association, has spoken to reporters at Parliament House in Canberra about the urgent …
Refreshed standards are ‘what good looks like’: AdPha
New Medication Safety Standards strengthen Australia’s response to preventable medicines harm, says AdPha Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released a newly updated pharmacy practice standard for Medication Safety. The organisation …
Pharmacists laud ‘extraordinary advocate’
Pharmacy Guild of Australia welcomes PSA leadership transition and acknowledges Fei Sim’s outstanding contribution The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has congratulated the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) on the election …
FIP call to action as pharmacy evolves
Economic viability is key to pharmacy’s sustainability in all parts of the world, says FIP The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has launched a new Strategic Plan 2025-2030 which it plans …
‘Common-sense’ changes for Apple Isle
Tasmanian pharmacists will now be able help more women wanting to access hormonal contraception, travellers and those with scripts from interstate prescribers Tasmanian women can now access hormonal contraception directly …
Former proprietor of ‘target for Rikodeine shoppers’ faces tribunal
A Sydney pharmacy was at one time the biggest purchaser of Rikodeine in the state… but its owner also faced complaints of “atrocious” record keeping and inappropriate dispensing The Civil …
Aged care residents less likely to receive specialist palliative care
Most Australians who experience predictable deaths do not access specialist palliative care until their last two weeks of life, new data shows The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has …
Pharmacies ‘not equipped’ to handle vaccine hesitancy: docs
Pharmacists should have access to a standard Medicare billing item for providing vaccination services to people aged over six, say doctors The Australian Medical Association has issued a new report …
Northern Territory celebrates its best
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia Northern Territory Branch has announced the Territory’s most outstanding contributors to community pharmacy for 2026 These awards recognise excellence in pharmacy practice through leadership, innovation, …
New toolkit for optimising pharmacy jabs
FIP has launched a new toolkit to support countries in advancing pharmacists’ roles in vaccination and improving access to life-course immunisation Vaccination remains one of the world’s most effective public …
A host of awards
AdPha is now celebrating members’ achievements, conference awards, winners of the AdPha Resident of the Year, and newly renamed KC Leong Memorial Registrar of the Year In the closing plenary …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Optimising pharmacological management of the febrile child Fever in children is a regulated physiological response with a protective role, not a …