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Máté Hegedus-Gaspar takes a close look at an HDC case, where a baby was incorrectly dispensed methadone, to extract lessons for pharmacists and technicians

In part two of a series on how pharmacists can play a role in reducing the “pill burden”, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, Katrina Azer, outlines the process of deprescribing

If a doctor makes a script medication error, it is a breach of the patient’s rights if the pharmacist fails to rectify it, writes non-practising legal expert and pharmacist Máté Hegedus-Gaspar in the first of two articles on this topic

This article is the first in a three-part series designed to highlight the role pharmacists can play in reducing “the pill burden” in our society, writes Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist at Tend Health. The articles will focus on polypharmacy, deprescribing and social prescribing, with the patient’s perspective front of mind

Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, summarises stand-out research and practice sessions from the Pharmaceutical Society Australia symposium in Sydney

Pharmacist and non-practising legal expert Máté Hegedus-Gaspar looks at how to handle dispensing errors to limit damage and hopefully forestall disciplinary action

Pharmacist and non-practising legal expert Máté Hegedus-Gaspar explains why refusing to dispense medicines to an abusive patient may be the right decision for legal reasons

In response to the Ministry of Health funding telehealth services through pharmacy, Katrina Azer, one of New Zealand’s first digital pharmacists, provides an overview. Ms Azer has been providing telepharmacy as a virtual clinical pharmacist at Tend Health for more than 12 months

With reflection activities now part of the Pharmacy Council’s new recertification framework, community pharmacist and academic Stephanie Yee explains the how and why of learning this skill