Ensuring safer opioid systems
Opioid analgesic stewardship is now a national medicines safety priority, targeting preventable harm across acute settings and transitions to community care.
Cost of asthma treatment – a deterrent to use
Cost is a major factor associated with non-adherence to asthma treatment in Australia, recent research revealed. Healthcare providers can assist patients with adherence by...
Cap on HMR numbers relaxed this week
Accredited pharmacists can provide up to 30 Home Medicine Review (HMR) services per month from this week (1 March 2020).
Rural healthcare advocate honoured
NSW pharmacist Anna Barwick MPS was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2025 Australia Day Honours.
Systemic corticosteroids for dyspnoea
The effectiveness of systemic corticosteroids for the management of dyspnoea in adults with advanced cancer.
Dyspnoea affects almost 70% of advanced cancer patients at the...
Coronavirus: Australia ‘alert but not alarmed’
‘Precautionary and active surveillance’ is required to manage the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy...













