The 'Week in Review' - 26 July
Too many still need to understand the difference between policy and health technology assessment - HTA is an instrument of policy. Stakeholders must also consider their broader responsibility to publi...
26 Jul 202434min
The 'Dispatched' Podcast - Special Edition
Some parts of an institution face the challenge of avoiding complicity in wrong approaches or repeating and even adopting its exclusionary way of working. It is hard. Yet, acting in the interests of p...
23 Jul 202421min
The 'Week in Review' - 19 July
The combination of political will and trust should be used to help more patients. The poor treatment of a family in Western Australia, the pending departure of one of the greatest advocates for patien...
19 Jul 202445min
The 'Week in Review' - 12 July
It was an interesting week with the Government acting based on conscience to ensure access to medicine and an advisory committee losing it in a public statement. We also discuss the inequity between p...
12 Jul 202438min
The 'Week in Review' - 28 June
Vapes! The parliament backed a ban on retail distribution of the products, but an amendment will make nicotine-containing vapes more accessible via pharmacy, and businesses will respond accordingly. A...
28 Jun 202433min
The 'Week in Review' - 21 June
The new Community Pharmacy Agreement is a remarkable document. We explain why it should be read and the negotiation analysed. We also discuss the draft National Immunisation Strategy, the events in Ne...
21 Jun 202448min
The 'Week in Review' - 13 June
It's a 'swear jar' episode we discuss the obsession with health technology assessment, why it is used to guide what is just price negotiation, meaning it takes too long, how decision-makers subordinat...
13 Jun 202439min
The 'Week in Review' - 7 June
Budget Estimates and officials acknowledge the slow uptake of 60-day prescriptions. The 'professionally edited' HTA review final report is with the minister, more evidence of the need to watch the dia...
7 Jun 202446min
