In the media
Indemnity insurance changes possible
Recommendations of a review of the government's
Medical Indemnity Insurance Fund may impact pharmacists, with
coverage under the scheme likely to be limited to medical
practitioners (22 May 2018).
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Doctors concerned over 'low-risk' medication
prescription proposal
A state government inquiry will investigate the potential
establishment of a Queensland pharmacy council, and the opportunity
to increase pharmacists' roles in issuing prescription
medication. Queensland is the only state without a pharmacy council
regulating the industry (23 May 2018).
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Queensland appoints new Health Ombudsman
The Queensland Government has formally appointment Andrew
Brown as Queensland's new Health Ombudsman. Mr Brown will serve
as Health Ombudsman for a term of three years, from 28 May 2018 (22
May 2018).
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Parents plead not guilty in Queensland's first
female genital mutilation criminal trial
A couple pleads not guilty to removing two young girls
from Queensland and taking them to Africa to undergo female
circumcision, in the state's first ever court case involving
female genital mutilation (21 May 2018).
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Queensland needs real-time prescription monitoring
'urgently', coroner says
A prescription monitoring system to prevent "doctor
shopping" in Queensland is needed urgently within the next two
years, rather than the state waiting for a national scheme to come
online, an inquest into four opioid deaths finds (21 May 2018).
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