medicines safety
Health system ‘failing’ Aussies with disability: report
New report finds multiple barriers to safe medicines use in people living with disability, and strong need for improved access to pharmacists and pharmacies The PSA has launched a new …
Better meds access for Territorians
Pharmacist-led initiatives to improve medicine safety and access to essential medicines should be a key focus in the upcoming Northern Territory election, says one stakeholder The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia …
‘Medication safety has become a global emergency.’
The key role, including positive impacts, of pharmacists in supporting medication without harm are described in a new publication from the International Pharmaceutical Federation The World Health Organization reports that …
‘Greater transparency for consumers’ on drug pricing
The controversial optional $1 discount is set to stay, as more details of the newly signed 7CPA begin to emerge Health Minister Greg Hunt has lauded the signing of the …
A question of safety
Questions were raised in Parliament this week about Australia’s medicines safety system and the role of pharmacists Australia needs to “get real on medicine safety”, Federal Parliament heard this week. …
Don’t stop there, Ministers: PSA
Australia’s health ministers have agreed to make QUM and medicines safety a National Health Priority Area At last week’s meeting in Perth, the COAG Health Council discussed a number of …
Now is the time for investment
Medicines misuse and misadventure in Australia results in 250,000 hospital admissions and 400,000 emergency department presentations, at an alarming cost of $1.4 billion annually “This does not include the costs …
World Pharmacists Day 2019: Safe and effective medicines for all
“Safe and effective medicines for all” is the theme of this year’s World Pharmacists Day on 25 September, the International Pharmaceutical Federation has announced The theme for 2019 aims to …
Methoblastin boxes to include new warning
The TGA has released a safety warning on inadvertent overdose of oral methotrexate in the wake of inquest into man’s death from methotrexate toxicity Two weeks ago, Coroner Rosemary Carlin …
TGA issues medicines safety update
Pharmacists have been reminded that first-generation oral sedating antihistamines are not approved for use in kids under two Following a coronial hearing of a fatal case involving a 74-day-old infant …
Pharmacies fail to advise on paracetamol, ibuprofen
Up to three in 10 British pharmacies may be failing to give safety advice, a consumer advocacy organisation has found Which? Magazine, part of the Which? Group which also includes …
TGA seeking comment on medicines safety
Interested parties can comment on proposed changes to strengthen safety monitoring for medicines in Australia The TGA has announced that it is introducing a range of changes to strengthen safety …