Introduction by Croakey: In a week where vested interests have again dominated the federal budget, it is timely to consider the impacts on our democracy of those with the deepest, darkest po... Read more
Sexual misconduct by health practitioners is a serious issue which can cause significant harms to individuals and undermine trust in the health system. One of the major challenges in reducin... Read more
If you have ever wondered why you can’t pick up your prescription medicines from your GP’s surgery or collect them from a supermarket, along with your grocery shopping, the answer is probabl... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australian mining executive Clive Palmer recently took out massive three page advertisements in a number of capital cities, announcing he had secured 32.9 million do... Read more
Malcom Hogg writes: The use of opioids remains essential to the care of people experiencing acute pain and remains a major component of anaesthesia and post-surgical care. Collectively and i... Read more
We all understand the role of clinical trials in testing new medicines but many people would be surprised to find out that there are different regulatory processes in place for the introduc... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The staff and management committee of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), and members of the national, state and territory boards involved... Read more
Fifteen leading health organisations in Victoria have issued a joint statement sounding the alarm about the Federal Government’s religious discrimination bill, warning that it risks reducing... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The long-awaited National Alcohol Strategy 2019-2028 was released this week, with the Federal Government immediately ruling out reform to alcohol taxation – a key po... Read more
Rose Cairns and Nicholas Buckley write: Fears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, accordin... Read more
