Pharmaceutical Services e-Bulletins

Information and news on medicines and poisons from the Pharmaceutical Services Branch of the Department of Health.

Current edition:

• July 2012 (prescribing by midwives, podiatrists and nurse practitioners) (PDF 453KB)

Previous editions:

• November 2011 (includes tips on spotting a forged prescription) (PDF 447KB)
• May 2011 (includes prescribing by optometrists) (PDF 171KB)
• April 2010 (includes changes to codeine scheduling) (PDF 128KB)
• December 2009 (PDF 115KB)
• August 2009 (includes prescribing by dentists and vets) (PDF88KB)
• April 2009 (includes information about supplying Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 medicines when there is no marketed product in these schedules) (PDF 133KB)
• December 2008 (includes information about forged prescriptions) (PDF 85KB) 
• September 2008 (PDF 102KB)