Beavering away on wards and in dispensaries, hospital pharmacists are being swamped by an alarming increase in workloads. For many the balance between wards and dispensary is getting more difficult as more work is piled on to hospital pharmacists. It beggars belief the frequency with which politicians keep demanding more of a workforce that is already drowning in high workloads without commensurate increases in staff. It’s a story that sadly we’re all too familiar with. With a growing list of responsibilities like giving vaccine shots, Victoria’s hospital pharmacists are being asked to take on more...