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The Labor Party has written to NPS MedicineWise saying that if it is elected to government it will look again at the Coalition’s decision to defund the organisation From 1 …

Consumers group boss lays out the framework for what patients will expect from pharmacy  Patients being registered with one pharmacist, and upskilling the profession to meet patients’ needs around greater …

Embed pharmacists in all healthcare settings providing care for older Australians, says the SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists has reiterated the need for dedicated, embedded Geriatric Medicine Pharmacist roles …

PSA has updated its QUM and medicines reviews guidelines, in a “timely” move just after these were expanded The PSA announced in a statement that it has updated its practice …

Steve Morris, the recipient of the SHPA’s Fred J. Boyd award, has issued a challenge to his fellow pharmacists  Adj A/Prof Morris, the CEO of NPS MedicineWise and former chief …

Australia’s health ministers have agreed to make QUM and medicines safety a National Health Priority Area At last week’s meeting in Perth, the COAG Health Council discussed a number of …

What are the practical steps pharmacists can take to aid in safe and appropriate use of opioid analgesics? As concerns grow over the inappropriate use of opioid analgesics, is there …

Pharmacy threatened with fine over direct-to-consumer cannabis advertising; defendant in fungal meningitis case pleads guilty; body of missing pharmacy graduate identified Turku, Finland: The Finland Medicines Agency (Fimea) is threatening …

A new drugs and medicines initiative in South East Queensland and Northern NSW is aiming to improve Australians’ health A first for Queensland led by Griffith’s School of Pharmacy, the …

People on more than four medicines a day, and those with swallowing problems, are more likely to be crushing medicines in a bid to make them easier to take—but this …

Quality use of medicines and primary care programs are a key focus for the seventeenth NPS MedicineWise Annual Evaluation Report, which has been published this week, providing an overview of …