GPs
Pharmacy not conducive to assessment, says online doctor
Online doctor service Qoctor has also taken aim at pharmacy sick notes, as it celebrates its 10,000th medical certificate Earlier this month, Innex Willox, chief executive of the Australian Industry …
Pharmacists to tackle aged care overmedication
Hundreds of English pharmacists are set to be deployed into care homes to help reduce overmedication and unnecessary hospitalisations NHS England has announced that around 180,000 people living in nursing …
The week in review
This week, the pharmacy sector has been looking ahead… The Pharmacy Guild advised that the Pain MedsChecks announced in January will have a delayed start, due to their need to …
‘Let’s just make sure we’re getting everybody.’
Raising immunisation rates, not the timing, is the key priority in flu vaccination, says the PSA’s Shane Jackson Dr Jackson was responding to a call this week by the RACGP …
Non-GP vaccinators accused of increasing flu risk
The RACGP has criticised flu vaccine providers who are encouraging patients to be vaccinated now The group’s president, Dr Bastian Seidel, says is concerned that “some influenza vaccine providers” are …
A duty of care
Despite pressure from prescribers or patients, pharmacists should stand firm in ensuring any script they dispense is appropriate and safe, say experienced pharmacists Early last month Fairfax media reported on …
RACGP frustrated on cannabis
The RACGP has called for an end to what it calls “the highly bureaucratic, time-consuming and expensive process for prescribing medicinal cannabis products” RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel says a …
‘Chronic pain needs GP assessment’: NPS MedicineWise
Australians experiencing pain for longer than three months to visit their GP, says the organisation, as it could be neuropathic pain Not-for-profit independent organisation NPS MedicineWise is encouraging Australians who …
How to handle codeine scripts
The Pharmacy Board has advised on handling scripts for large quantities of codeine-containing preparations In its latest communique, the Pharmacy Board has received a request for advice about how pharmacists …
Docs ‘tearing out hair’ over vaccine refusal
New data shows that Australia’s childhood vaccination rates are slipping The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth has released its 2018 Report Card: the wellbeing of young Australians, which …
Poll: Have you ever refused a prescription?
Have you ever been presented with a concerning script and, if so, did you contact the doctor and refuse to supply the medicine? A few weeks ago an inquest was …
Rogue doctor reprimanded
A GP has been suspended for continually overprescribing addictive drugs, despite concerned colleagues repeatedly telling him to stop A Victorian general practitioner has been reprimanded and temporarily suspended following serious …