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New ADHD prescribing guide launches

New ADHD prescribing guide launches

The guide was designed to offer practical advice to GPs about safe and responsible prescribing, after finding significant variabilities.


NSW and SA further expand pharmacy prescribing

NSW and SA further expand pharmacy prescribing

A contraceptive pill pilot has been made permanent in NSW, as SA announces significantly expanded prescribing options, and it has left GPs worried.


In Practice: Have your say on MBS Online

In Practice: Have your say on MBS Online

The DoHAC is encouraging GPs to share their views on the website’s functionality and user experience to help shape its future.  


RACGP slams sweeping pharmacy scope expansion

RACGP slams sweeping pharmacy scope expansion

NSW pharmacists will be allowed to autonomously treat several more conditions, in an unexpected move labelled ‘reckless’.


In Practice: Electronic prescribing updates

In Practice: Electronic prescribing updates

GPs can keep up to date on electronic prescribing information with an on-demand RACGP webinar and regularly updated webpage.


Misdiagnosis ‘inevitable’ as WA widens pharmacy prescribing

Misdiagnosis ‘inevitable’ as WA widens pharmacy prescribing

GPs will be left out of the loop once again as WA joins other states in expanding the controversial program, despite dire warnings.
 


Pharmacy prescribing expansion a ‘race to the bottom’ of healthcare

Pharmacy prescribing expansion a ‘race to the bottom’ of healthcare

An extension of Queensland’s controversial contraception prescribing pilot has left GPs seething, saying it is ‘tokenistic’.


RACGP endorses ‘landmark’ safe deprescribing guide

RACGP endorses ‘landmark’ safe deprescribing guide

Limited guidance on safely stopping antidepressants is being addressed as new advice for Australian general practice gets the green light.


Alarm raised after study finds pharmacy UTI treatment inconsistent

Alarm raised after study finds pharmacy UTI treatment inconsistent

Controversial pharmacy prescribing trials have once again raised scope of practice concerns, with new research finding significant protocol inconsistences.


‘A risky proposition’: pharmacy prescribing expands further

‘A risky proposition’: pharmacy prescribing expands further

GPs are growing increasingly worried for their patients, as pharmacy prescribing programs are taking hold in every corner of the country.


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