Minister and GPs reassure residents about allowing ice in Melbourne safe injecting room The Victorian Government’s decision to allow the use of ice in the North Richmond safe injecting facility was made with advice from police, addiction experts and frontline first responders, Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said.
Drug use on the rise throughout Australia Australians are using more legal – and illegal – drugs, according to the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring report.
Alcohol and illicit drugs responsible for one in every 20 deaths in Australia Alcohol and illicit drugs are behind nearly one in every 20 Australian deaths, new figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have revealed.
Discussing the effects of codeine up-scheduling in general practice Dr Evan Ackermann, GP and key author of the RACGP’s ‘Prescribing drugs of dependence in general practice: Part C’, talks with newsGP about his initial experiences following the up-scheduling of codeine.
What does the MBA’s Professional Performance Framework mean for continuing professional development? The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) has announced a new performance framework designed to ensure doctors across the country provide patients with safe and competent care.
Why pay-for-performance schemes are destined to fail Australia has a track record of flirting with healthcare reform ideas that have failed overseas. The latest hype seems to be about performance indicators, targets and pay-for-performance.