26 Sep 2023
More than 125 health organisations back Voice to Parliament
A wide array of organisations, including the RACGP, is encouraging voters to consider the potential health benefits of a Voice to Parliament.
26 Sep 2023
Ten-year plan to fill dementia knowledge gaps
Researchers will spend the next decade exploring the disease’s risk factors, prevention, stigma, and best-practice care.
26 Sep 2023
Warning: High-dose MDMA tablet (ecstasy) circulating in NSW
NSW Health is warning the public of a high-dose MDMA tablet (ecstasy), found to contain more than four times the average dose of other MDMA tablets in recent circulation. The tablet is pink-orange in colour and a square shape, with a ‘GUCCI’ logo and wording imprinted on it.
26 Sep 2023
Lack of informed consent, adequate medical care and proper record-keeping sees doctor reprimanded
A South Australian doctor has been reprimanded and had conditions placed on her registration after she failed to obtain informed consent from at least 180 patients,
26 Sep 2023
First Allied Health Scholarship recipient starts in the Tasmanian Health Service
The first allied health professional to be recruited under the Tasmanian Government’s $1.125 million Allied Health Scholarship Program has commenced working with the Tasmanian Health Service in Burnie.
26 Sep 2023
The Commission of Inquiry
The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings has released its findings.
25 Sep 2023
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’
A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.
25 Sep 2023
"ASTHMA AUSTRALIA POISED TO LAUNCH AIR QUALITY CAMPAIGN AS BUSHFIRE RISK LOOMS, NEEDS GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR CAMPAIGN PUSH''
The formal declaration of an El Niño weather pattern by the Bureau of Meteorology this week is bad news for people with asthma, who are vulnerable to air pollution from bushfires and hazard-reduction burns linked to hotter than average weather.
25 Sep 2023
Do not initiate new patients on semaglutide: TGA
The medication is again in short supply due to off-label prescribing for weight loss, despite only being approved for type 2 diabetes management.
25 Sep 2023
Patient protection strengthened by new MoU with Tasmanian government
To support patient safety and improve the management of sexual misconduct by health practitioners, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tasmanian government.