Changes to Medical Decision Making An important thing happened last year. The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 was passed by the State Government in November 2017. The Act enshrined advance […]

The Bite of Stinging Matters This week we’re answering a couple of questions emailed to us by one of our readers Daryl (not his real name) in response to our […]

new Aged Care Quality Standards The Australian Government Department of Health has developed a single set of quality standards, called the Aged Care Quality Standards, which will replace the current […]

Changes to CODEINE Availability From February 2018 over the counter (OTC) medications containing codeine will require a prescription in Australia. This change brings us into line with similar countries overseas. […]

Keeping Cool (part 2) Welcome to part two of Keeping Cool, your guide to wellbeing in summer. This week we’re going to talk about a few more things that can […]