Our members lead the way
PDL is 100% owned by its pharmacist members and is Australia’s leading choice for Pharmacist Professional Liabilities Insurance (PI) cover As Australia’s first national pharmacy body, PDL was established over …
How fake drugs end up in our public health system (and how to spot them)
Prescribing and using pharmaceuticals is a matter of trust Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Prescribing and using pharmaceuticals is a matter of trust. Health service …
Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
Sunday and public holiday pay rates have been cut in the pharmacy industry as well as others, but who will it impact most? Shirley Jackson, PhD Candidate in Political Economy, University …
I’ll see you at the Roadshow
PSA national president Joe Demarte is set to discuss the implications of the Pharmacy Remuneration and Reform Review February 2017 is an important month for PSA as the Remuneration and …
Imaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains
Imaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains Alison Poulton, University of Sydney The prestigious journal The Lancet has published a large study identifying differences in the brains of people diagnosed …
Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff
Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff Ken Harvey, Monash University New proposals from Australia’s drug regulator should give you a better idea if …
Bringing the pharmacists’ back
Is there anything we can do to arrest the relative decline in pharmacy pay rates, asks Peter Feros In the first part of this 2-part series, Peter Feros discussed how …
Why sitting is not the ‘new smoking’
Why sitting is not the ‘new smoking’ Emmanuel Stamatakis, University of Sydney Sitting has been branded the “new smoking” for its supposed public health risks, especially for people with sit-down …
The vanishing pharmacist
A diminishing pharmacy workforce has been an unintended consequence of weighted average price disclosure, writes Peter Feros Government coffers have swollen by billions of pharmacy rebate dollars via the Weighted …
Coming to terms with children’s health
When it comes to children’s health pharmacists can not only help alleviate some of the key concerns for parents, they can ensure their pharmacy is a child-friendly space, writes Leanne …
How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
Dismissing people’s worries as baseless is one of the least effective ways of communicating public health risks, writes Claire Hooker Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of …
PSA17 opens call for abstracts
The PSA is calling for abstracts for its flagship annual conference, PSA17 Selected abstracts will be presented as part of the “Pioneering Clinical Practice and Research” stream and/or as a poster …