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GPs not a public safety risk after opioid death

26th June 2019

Two GPs who prescribed almost 300 oxycodone capsules and tablets to an opioid-addicted patient in the month before his death…

26th June 2019

A middle-aged man was able to obtain scripts for 296 oxycodone tablets and capsules in the month before his overdose death…

3rd June 2019

Coroners may not have a good understanding of the role pharmacists can play in preventing medication-related deaths,…

22nd May 2019

A coroner has expressed frustration at ongoing delays in the provision of real-time monitoring and suggested that a young…

9th September 2019

New guidelines on insomnia management are urgently needed, according to a leading sleep specialist who says Australian GPs…

19th June 2018

Pharmacists who feel under pressure to dispense potentially dangerous prescriptions are being urged to call the Pharmacists’…

18th June 2018

Pharmacists must be empowered with the confidence to refuse to dispense risky prescriptions, a coroner has ruled, after a…

24th May 2018

A coroner has cleared a pharmacist who had been accused of approving bulk sales of bisacodyl to a young mother who later…