22 Sep 2023
Career-ending disqualification for pharmacist following criminal conviction
A Perth-based pharmacist has been disqualified from applying from registration for five years following a criminal conviction, effectively ending the 66-year-old’s career in pharmacy.
22 Sep 2023
Time to consider a skeletal muscle relaxant?
SPONSORED: Orphenadrine has been shown to be effective on painful muscle spasm, in comparison to placebo.
22 Sep 2023
Sixty-day dispensing medication shortages yet to materialise
The CEO of Australia’s largest pharmaceutical distributor says there has been ‘very little change in demand’ during the initial weeks of the new policy.
22 Sep 2023
COVID-19 update 22 September 2023
COVID Cases in SA There have been 766 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.
22 Sep 2023
Updates to the Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 22 September 2023
Updates to the Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 22 September 2023
22 Sep 2023
Updated Dementia in Australia report and National Dementia Data Improvement Plan 2023-2033 released
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released an updated Dementia in Australia report and National Dementia Data Improvement Plan. This work monitors outcomes for people living with dementia and their carers in Australia.
22 Sep 2023
'Health services must be considered essential services to help crisis response'
Doctors and health services in rural and regional Australia must be classified as essential services to ensure patients are looked after both during and after a crisis, and greater efforts need to go into making sure our health system
21 Sep 2023
Dementia consultation outcomes released for National Dementia Action Week
The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care releases the summary of consultation outcomes on National Dementia Action Plan with significantly better outcomes for patients and GPs following AMA’s advocacy and recommendations.
21 Sep 2023
House of Representatives inquiry into diabetes
The AMA President spoke to the parliamentary inquiry about the AMA’s recommendations to curb type 2 diabetes.
21 Sep 2023
Substitution approved for vigabatrin (Sabril) shortage
AMA members are advised of the TGA’s update on the vigabatrin shortage.