AHPRA
Is AHPRA a “partly failed” experiment?
Questions raised over the success of our national healthcare professional registration scheme Australia’s five-year-old national registration scheme for healthcare practitioners is flawed, an academic has claimed. Writing in the Australian …
Facing the consequences
Pharmacists are much more likely than doctors to receive a regulatory penalty if they are subject to a notification for unsafe practice, new study reveals An analysis of all notifications …
S8 meds rules too complex between states
Difference between state and territory regulations on S8 medicines create difficulties for prescribers, pharmacists and patients, an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia says. “The establishment of a …
Hair testing for practitioners with substance-related impairment
Mandatory hair testing will be routine for all registered health practitioners with substance-related impairment, under a screening protocol to be introduced by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and …