When hospitals lead to harm: Opioid year of action

This year there will be more than 2.5 million surgeries in Australia. The prescribing, administration and dispensing of opioids will follow many of these procedures.

Due to unrealistic expectations of pain management, overprescribing and lack of evidence-based educational programs for health professionals, use will grow into dependence and harm for some people.

Since the inaugural multidisciplinary and collaborative Medicines Leadership Forum in Canberra in July 2018 framed the issue of hospital-initiated opioid harm from a pharmacy perspective, SHPA has released a landmark report detailing the problems Australia faces, and solutions that could help turn the tide.

Read more here on Hospital and HealthCare.

New title available at CHHC library Overcoming Opioid Addiction : The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists