Five funding recommendations to improve medicine safety

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Increased funding for pharmacists in aged care and rural and remote communities would save lives and improve health outcomes, PSA has argued in its...

Aged care wisdom

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More than 200,000 Australians currently live in aged care and the number grows each day. Optimising medicine safety is a crucial concern.

Mental health medicines and drug-related deaths

A recent study of coronial inquest findings revealed medicines relating to mental health conditions (antidepressants, antipsychotics) were most commonly implicated in non-opioid and non-benzodiazepine...

Engaging hyper-connected patients

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At PSA17, I discussed how pharmacists can engage hyper-connected patients to help them avoid misinformation or misadventure. In case you missed it, here are...

Down-scheduling of oral antibiotics could improve patient access, study finds

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Immediate patient access to antibiotics through pharmacies has been recognised as a factor in addressing antibiotic misuse in the community, as antimicrobial resistance increases. A...

Pharmacist Insight – Older and Wiser

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