GP believed complaint about her prescribing was defamatory: tribunal
A GP has failed to convince a tribunal that a complaint about her controlled drug prescribing was defamatory and that a report critical of her…
Tag: Prescribing
Opioids no better than placebo for low back and neck pain: real-world trial
Given the criticism of the researchers’ conclusions, AusDoc would like to direct our readers to Dr Sue Ieraci’s article outlining the study’s limitations. Opioids should…
GP prescribing rights for kids’ asthma inhaler finally restored
GPs can once again prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to children under six after the PBAC’s controversial restrictions were officially scrapped over the…
Pharmacists will diagnose and treat skin conditions from October: Vic Govt
The Victorian Government will fund pharmacists to diagnose and treat UTIs, “some mild skin conditions” and to renew contraceptive scripts from October this year. Premier…
Last chance to sign the AusDoc petition calling for the pharmacy prescribing trial to be stopped
For the past month we have been collecting doctors’ signatures for our open letter calling for the North Queensland pharmacy prescribing trial to be stopped.…
New report ‘proof’ pharmacy prescribing for UTIs should end, says RACGP
The RACGP has called on Queensland’s new health minister to revoke pharmacists’ UTI prescribing rights after the final evaluation of its statewide pilot showed 200…
‘No basis’ for pharmacy guild’s medicine shortage claims: Professor Michael Kidd
The Federal Government says new advice from the PBAC and former RACGP president Professor Michael Kidd supports its decision to let GPs write double-length scripts…
Why the RACGP isn’t walking out of the next pharmacy prescribing trial
The RACGP has backed a NSW trial of pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs to be safer and more scientifically robust than its Queensland counterpart. The…
‘Deliberately humiliating’: Court puts prominent GP’s conditions on hold
A temporary ban preventing a GP from prescribing controlled drugs has been lifted, after a court found there was no “compelling urgency” for the Medical…
Pharmacy prescribing and three reasons all doctors should add their names to the AusDoc campaign
The concerns about the safety of pharmacy prescribing in the North Queensland trial is too often described as no more than a turf war. The…
