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 care directives in law and at the same time established a single framework for medical t...

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 Wellbeing in Summer articles. We thought the best way to address Daryl’s questions was to post an article about insect stings and bites...

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 standards. The new standards were developed by the Health Department working with a Technical Advi...

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. This article discusses the backstory … Why the change? The Australian Therapeutic Goo...

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 help us to keep cool and stay well in summer. What about sunburn? Sunburn is a radiation burn to the skin arising from unprotected exposur...