Opioid therapy challenges in rural Australia
For more than a decade, healthcare workers in rural and remote areas have been aware of the rising incidence of non-prescribed opioid medicines use....
Outstanding student wins award at PSA19 Gala Dinner
University of Western Australia student Alice Hashiguchi was awarded the 2019 PSA Mylan Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) Award last night.
Ms Hashiguchi was...
PSA24 social round up
From the ECP party to the morning walks and member breakfast, pharmacists have had a vast array of social events to choose from at PSA24.
Bringing pharmacists into the primary healthcare fold
As Australia gathers persuasive evidence from the Health Care Homes trial, it’s becoming clearer how to integrate pharmacists into primary healthcare.
Doors are opening: there...
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...
Pharmacists deliver on all fronts
Two PSA members will join the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd on the National Medicines Policy Review Committee, due to start work next month.
