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Gender and body mass index are linked to the likelihood of a fall in residential aged care, study finds Dr Charles Okafor from UQ’s Centre for Health Services Research said …

Children and adolescents have not been a significant focus when it comes to health care design – and that needs to change, one expert warns Professor Michael Dooley, chair of …

Pharmacists unable to practice to current scope due to restrictions on continued dispensing, pharmacy leader says  Red tape requiring emergency measures to be implemented to allow pharmacists to dispense PBS-subsidised …

Hospital pharmacists call for national medicines access equity for patients, and a more useful approach to medicines shortages Advanced Pharmacy Australia has released its 2025-26 federal pre-budget submission, in which …

Could a change to prescriptions see pharmacists providing easier access to social prescribing? Pharmacists from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia NSW and Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation (PALS) have …

The federal government has announced more funding for public hospitals – but does this extend to pharmacists? The Albanese government has announced an additional $1.7 billion to fund public hospitals …

Government lacks a comprehensive strategy to address medicines shortages, crossbench MP warns  Fresh efforts to combat medicine shortages are being described as “a minimal increase in our degree of preparedness …

Government policies are boosting access to affordable medicines for patients during cost-of-living crisis, Senator claims  Moves to cut the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment announced by Labor ahead of …

Some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, indications and contraindications New Products RelabotulinumtoxinA (Relfydess) is a Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin product that blocks the …

Some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, indications and safety-related changes New Products Amivantamab (Rybrevant) is a low-fucose, fully-human IgG1-based bispecific antibody that binds to …

Pharmacist guilty of her husband’s insulin murder; Canadians ponder pharmacy choice; warning over Ozempic-linked death Beckley, West Virginia – Former pharmacist Natalie Cochran has been given a “no mercy” sentence …

Former Guild leader signals intention to start supplying vape products to patients, citing it as “a lost clinical opportunity” for community pharmacy Community pharmacy’s reluctance to stock and supply vaping …