Call for real-time meds shortages guidance, deprescribing conversations underutilised, Kenvue joins PharmX platform, and more
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Call for real-time shortages guide
Wednesday | Feb 18 2026AS MEDICINE shortages increasingly force frontline clinical staff into high-stakes treatment decisions that can put patient safety at risk, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has called on the Federal Government to establish a real-time clinical guidance service to assist healthcare professionals in managing medicine supply disruptions.
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Action needed on deprescribing barriers
Wednesday | Feb 18 2026RESEARCH led by Monash University and published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has found that while most community pharmacists routinely dispense high risk psychotropic medicines, fewer than half initiated discussions on deprescribing.
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Guild: RACGP all talk, no action
Tuesday | Feb 17 2026THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA branch has called out the Royal Australian College of GPs for questioning patient safety in the Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot (the EACPP), yet declining to play a role in developing quality and safety protocols for the program.
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