We need a nationally consistent vaccination approach, says think tank

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With a plunge in vaccination rates following the COVID-19 pandemic peak, a new report says a focus on national consistency is required.

Q&A: Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy

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Since taking up the Chief Medical Officer post in 2016, Professor Brendan Murphy has made a number of strategic interventions in the pharmacy sphere,...

Acute pain and fever management: considerations for infants and toddlers

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Along with correct medication administration techniques, it is important for pharmacists to improve parents’ and caregivers’ general understanding of the pain or fever that a child presents with.

New safety alert for co-prescribing opioids and gabapentinoids

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Gabapentinoids and opioids are commonly co-prescribed, whether to treat acute pain post-surgery or to address chronic pain. Here’s how to mitigate risk when these medicines are combined.

Closing the gap: Pharmacists in Aboriginal health

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Pharmacists working in Aboriginal Health Services (AHS), with the support of recent Government reforms, are playing a key role in closing the gap and...

Improving patient health literacy

The evidence is in: positive health outcomes can hinge on patients’ ability to understand health information – and on pharmacists’ ability to impart it. Health...