palliative care
Pain relief leads palliative care scripts
Over one million palliative care‑related prescriptions were dispensed in 2024-25, according to a new AIHW report In 2024–25, there were 1.6 million palliative care-related prescriptions provided to 488,000 people, according …
Tuffin to lead palliative care community
PSA launches new community of practice (COP) to support pharmacists delivering end-of-life care Western Australian pharmacist, Penny Tuffin, will chair the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA’s) newly formed Palliative Care …
Palliative Care Australia backs pharmacist training program
Pharmacists can now undertake a new national training program designed to prepare them to support patients receiving end-of-life care The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has launched its new ASPIRE …
‘A future made in Australia must include medicines’
Leading pharmacists are among those advocating for better access to palliative care medicines, including abolishing co-payments and incentivising domestic manufacturing Palliative Care Australia has welcomed the recent announcement regarding the …
Shortages leave palliative patients in pain
“Patients are suffering unnecessarily”, because the medications that typically control their symptoms are either unavailable or prohibitively expensive, Palliative Care Australia says Palliative Care Australia is calling on the government …
‘It’s all about quality of life at the end’
What role can pharmacists play in helping people receive end-of-life care in the community? Sheshtyn Paola investigates Key points While many people prefer to die at home, this often depends …
‘I am sure anyone can see the problem here:’ pain meds shortage costs add up
Palliative patients in the private, rural and remote sectors are being hit extra hard by the continued shortages of key pain relieving medications, stakeholder warns “Patients who are reaching the …
‘We find ourselves needing to ring around and find supplies’
Palliative care professionals warn that even the temporary medicines supplied for pain relief under Section 19A have not provided stable supply Long standing challenges around the supply of critical pain …
‘Those are ongoing roles for pharmacists’
“I would argue that anyone entering aged care by definition should access palliative care,” says one expert As people increasingly act on their wish to age at home, there is …
‘It’s all about quality of life at the end.’
Community pharmacists can help people with terminal illness manage medicines, pain and other symptoms, but they are currently underutilised, say researchers Community based pharmacists can help support people who have …
‘An epic achievement.’
Victoria’s ECP of the Year and Rural Pharmacy Liaison Officer, Emily Griffin, shares with the AJP how she co-developed Australia’s first voluntary assisted dying statewide pharmacy service Emily Griffin is …
Opioid access: more action needed, say hospital pharmacists
Patients should not have to pay for unsubsidised morphine products brought in to manage the current shortage, says the SHPA Yesterday (28 February 2023), the AJP reported that the Therapeutic …