PSA resource on OTC codeine overuse
The PSA has produced a leaflet as one of its resources developed in response to increasing reports about the damaging effects of overuse of readily available pain relievers containing codeine. …
Adult damage of passive smoking on children
The effect of passive smoking on children in childhood is long established, but new research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania has highlighted the …
Frequent GP user survey shows coordination need
A report on the frequent GP users has revealed the need for better primary care coordination to reduce costs and provide better quality care. The National Health Performance Authority report …
Cream of WA’s pharmacists announced
The best of WA’s pharmacists have been acknowledged at the Western Australian Pharmacists Award night in Perth. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia WA Branch President, Teresa Di Franco, said the event …
Food shortages among ATSI people highlighted
Health organisations have called for greater efforts to overcome food insecurity, with new data showing an alarming rate of food shortages among ATSI people. More than one in five Aboriginal …
NSW Labor promises 24-hour pharmacy trial
A Foley Labor Government would spend $3 million – over three years – to trial a program to expand 24-hour pharmacy services. The trial would help three Sydney pharmacies expand …
TB and COPD linked: researchers
Australian scientists have shown an important link between two, previously unconnected lung diseases: TB and COPD. While COPD has long been considered a smoker’s disease, 30% of cases have never …
RACGP demands real-time prescription drug database
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is again calling for the immediate rollout of a real-time prescription drug database to reduce the number of people dying from prescription drug …
New site for Fred IT
The Fred IT Group has announced that its new website at fred.com.au has gone live. The new website has been launched to better reflect the technology changes that are transforming …
Oz lags behind NZ in meds access: ASMI
ASMI says New Zealand is ahead of Australia in increasing consumer access to medicines. This was in response to a new study published in PLOS One, which compared consumer access …
Alliance pays tribute to Kimberley Pharmacy Services
The National Rural Health Alliance has congratulated Kimberley Pharmacy Services in Broome, Western Australia, on being named the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2015 Pharmacy of the Year. KPS has also …
William Charman to lead FIP education committee
William Charman, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University has been chosen to lead the International Pharmaceutical Federation Education Initiative Steering Committee. Professor Charman was …
