The National Prescribing Service was established in 1998, by the Department of Health and Family Services, to improve health outcomes by supporting the quality use of medicines (QUM). 1 The ...

NPS MedicineWise, an Australian organisation offering independent and evidence based information on medicines, is to close at the end of 2022 after the federal government decided to cut its funding.

The public will be left more susceptible to medical misinformation and harm, doctors and academics say A federal government decision to defund a not-for-profit organisation that has been educating ...

Be Medicinewise Week is an annual campaign by NPS MedicineWise that raises awareness about the quality use of medicines, helping Australians get the most out of their medicines, safely NPS ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The government has pulled funding from the group behind Choosing Wisely, meaning it will likely ...

Since 1998, NPS MedicineWise has been supporting quality use of medicines to improve health decisions and health and economic outcomes in Australia. 2018 marked 20 years since the establishment of NPS ...

The Labor Party has written to NPS MedicineWise saying that if it is elected to government it will look again at the Coalition’s decision to defund the organisation From 1 January 2023, NPS ...

Low down in the latest budget was a decision that will fundamentally change the availability of low-cost, safe healthcare. In a single line item, the Morrison government defunded Australia’s national ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety revealed shocking stories of the use of ‘chemical restraints’ in residential aged care and highlighted the need for reform across the sector.

In this episode NPS MedicineWise medical adviser and GP Dr Jill Thistlethwaite interviews Dr Robyn Lindner, also from NPS MedicineWise and Executive Sponsor for Choosing Wisely Australia and Tara ...

Aged care stakeholders are encouraged to take up the national medicine educator’s free education program to support residential aged care nurses and pharmacists to improve dementia care. NPS ...