Pharmacists: the secret ingredient in the quit smoking journey
Each year, approximately 15,500 Australian families face the grief and trauma of someone they love dying from a disease caused by smoking. In 2017,...
Pharmacist advice app takes home Pharmacy Shark Tank prize
Patients would be able to seek pharmacist advice with a few taps on their smartphone, using a proposed app that has won the PSA19...
Become a general practice pharmacist
In a landscape of increasing opportunities for pharmacists, last week PSA launched its foundation stage training program for those wanting to work as a...
From the President: PSA at the FIP World Congress in Seville,...
I have just returned from FIP’s World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Seville, where PSA CEO Mark Kinsela, PSA Senior Pharmacist Peter...
The startling extent of Australia’s medication overuse
A new report has found that Australians continue to overuse certain medicines. Pharmacist intervention is necessary to keep this issue in check, said the...
Safe hands: minimising antipsychotic use in the elderly
Concerns over the overuse of antipsychotics in Residential Aged Care Facilities have reached a high tide – but so have efforts to address the...
