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Hospital pharmacists have underlined their support for better access to VAD services, as the Territories grow closer to offering the service Earlier this month independent MP Kate Chaney introduced a …

Over-reliance on OTC salbutamol may be contributing to a spike in Australian asthma deaths, one veteran pharmacist and asthma expert warns The National Asthma Council Australia has released new Australian …

Unsafe medication practices at a residential aged care facility were “significant,” a coroner says in findings into an elderly woman’s death The 81-year-old Queensland woman had several health conditions, including …

A coroner has outlined how a man’s overuse of OTC codeine led to a dependence on tapentadol and oxycodone, and how this led to his death – aided by several …

A Victorian coroner has recommended further training regarding tramadol and its interactions, noting it is not included in SafeScript, following a woman’s death The Victorian woman, who had a history …

A coroner said the operation of a hospital pharmacy was key in the case of a woman who died after being given propranolol and verapamil – but made no recommendations …

A Western Australian pharmacist has been disqualified from applying for registration for three years after a tribunal found he had committed professional misconduct The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia …

A pharmacist has told of the “million documents coming through” on COVID jabs, at an inquest into the death of a New Zealander after he received the Pfizer vaccine The …

A pre-discharge pharmacy review could have led to a different outcome for a man who died of haemorrhagic stroke, a coroner’s court has heard Deputy State Coroner Jacqui Hawkins made …

A pharmacist prescribed and dispensed propranolol to a woman who later died from an overdose, saying he could not access her medical records because it was the weekend UK media …

A clarithromycin-warfarin interaction was “nearly like petrol on a burning fire,” the daughter of a patient who died has told a hearing An Irish pharmacist failed to caution her patient’s …

A coroner has recommended amended training on medicines which affect the central nervous system, after the death of a man from mixed drug toxicity Victorian coroner Leveasque Peterson has recommended …