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Western Australian Pharmacy Students unite to bridge the gap between the field of dentistry and pharmacy by Sarah Ho, Danielle Lim, Rachel Loh and Antoni Zeidan (Master of Pharmacy, School …

Researchers take a look at the role of pharmacists in testing for Covid and supplying rapid antigen test kits during the Covid-19 pandemic This article is the third in a …

A pharmacist talks about an extremely scary and concerning incident she experienced while working as a locum We were recently contacted by a locum pharmacist who had an horrific experience …

Feel like you don’t belong and aren’t good enough? You’re not the only one, writes Curtis Ruhnau “Okay, have a look to your left and your right. Between the three …

Evidence, expansion and individual care: A new era for on-site aged care pharmacists, says Juanita Breen The quality use of medicines (QUM), particularly psychotropic use, in residential aged care is …

Could well-intentioned recommendations to tighten paracetamol restrictions negatively impact patients? Anthony Tassone argues that they could do just that Recommendations that medicines containing paracetamol be subject to further restrictions, while …

What to do if you are faced with a Section 150 restriction on your health practitioner registration. By Andrew Lambros and Maurice Hannan In our previous two articles, we discussed …

NSW Court of Appeal provides clarity on the “public interest” grounds for imposing conditions on registrations of health practitioners, write Andrew Lambros and Maurice Hannan In our first article, we …

Health practitioners must beware of urgent ‘public interest’ restrictions that can be placed on their registrations, write Andrew Lambros and Maurice Hannan, of Bennett & Philp Lawyers Health practitioners need …

Equitable access is always the priority in innovating pharmacy practice, says incoming PSA national president Fei Sim The Australian health system is under immense pressure. Emergency department presentations are increasing …

The groundswell of opinion indicates that community pharmacy has an image problem among students  We’ve received a large number of comments on our recent article ‘Why pharmacists are leaving the …

Antibiotics used in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections associated with COPD and CF: Discrepancies in guidelines Letter to the editor, by Nazrul Islam*,1,2 and Debbie Rigby3,4 Australian Medicines …