In the media

Doctors have ethical obligation to consider e-cigarette use for patients
Growing evidence of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a quitting aid means doctors should consider recommending them as a less harmful alternative for patients who have repeatedly failed to stop smoking tobacco with approved treatments, a new study concludes (06 April 2018). More...

Doctors have role to play in keeping sport drug-free
The AMA has revised its Position Statement on Drugs in Sport ahead of the opening of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (03 April 2018). More...

TGA Consultation: Management and communication of medicines shortages
The TGA is seeking comments from interested parties on a proposal that would require medicine sponsors to report all medicines shortages in confidence to the TGA and those medicines shortages classified under a revised medicines shortages protocol as of 'extreme' or 'high' patient impact to be mandatorily published via the Medicines Shortages Information Initiative (MSII) on the TGA website. This consultation closes on 23 April 2018. More...

ARPANSA: Code for Radiation Protection in Medical Exposure (RPS C-5)
As part of the alignment process with international best practice, the new Code has sought to expand and clarify some basic principles relating to the radiation protection of patients. The new Code uses the term 'medical physicist' instead of the term 'qualified expert'. More...

Public consultation on the draft revised registration standards for professional indemnity insurance arrangements, continuing professional development and recency of practice
The Chinese Medicine Board of Australia has published a consultation paper on the following draft revised registration standards. Public consultation will close on 4 May 2018. More...

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