Medication Services Queensland: Medicines and Pharmacy Services Unit
Role
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Provide an expert professional advisory service on issues relating to pharmacy and pharmaceuticals and represent Queensland Health on relevant national committees/working parties.
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Coordinate a range of pharmaceutical services including the Queensland Hospitals Drug Advisory Committee, the Pharmacy Advisory Committee, the Hospital Pharmacy Advisory Committee, the Queensland Drug Information Centre and the Queensland Poisons Information Centre.
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Manage a range of pharmaceutical programs including the Highly Specialised Drugs Program, pharmacy aspects of Queensland Health scholarships program (in association with the Rural Health Unit, and particularly the pre-registration training component of that program).
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Coordinate the development and application for Queensland Health, of national and international guidelines/policies especially through the National Coordinating Committee on Therapeutic Goods.
Key partners
- Health Service Districts
- Other State and Commonwealth health departments
- Professional pharmacy organisations
- Queensland Health Corporate Office
Publications
- Standard Drug List (SDL) for Queensland Hospitals
- High Cost/Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) Program - Policy Document and Section 100 Forms
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Schedule (Australian Department of Health and Ageing)
- Supply of Enteral Nutrition Products to Outpatients Through Queensland Health Services
- QHDAC Annual Report 2006
- See also For Professionals > Health Professionals > Pharmaceutical and Medicines
Contact MAPSU
Useful sites
- American Society of Health System Pharmacists
http://www.ashp.org/ - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
http://www.safetyandquality.org/ - Australian Prescriber
http://www.australianprescriber.com/ - Australian Sports Antidoping Authority (ASADA)
http://www.asada.gov.au/ - Drug Infonet
http://www.druginfonet.com/ - Griffith University School of Pharmacy
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/phm/ - Immunise Australia
http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/ -
James Cook University School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences
http://www.jcu.edu.au/fmhms/school/pms/ - Mayne Pharma Clozapine Monitoring System
http://www.clopine.com.au/ - National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE-UK)
http://www.nice.org.uk/ - National Medicines Policy
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/national%20medicines%20policy-2 - National Prescribing Service
http://www.nps.org.au/ - New South Wales Therapeutic Advisory Group (NSW TAG)
http://www.clininfo.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/ - Novartis Clozapine Monitoring System Website
https://www.cpmsplus.com/ - Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC)
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/pharmaceutical%20benefits%20advisory%20committee-1 - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Schedule
http://www.pbs.gov.au/html/home - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
http://www.psa.org.au/ - Pharmacy Board of Queensland
http://www.pharmacyboard.qld.gov.au/ - Pharmacy Guild of Australia
http://www.guild.org.au - Quality Use of Medicines - Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/nmp-quality.htm - Quality Use of Medicines Mapping Project
http://www.qummap.health.gov.au/ -
Queensland University of Technology School of Life Sciences
http://www.sci.qut.edu.au/about/schools/lifesci/ - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/ - Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
http://www.shpa.org.au/ - The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP - US)
http://www.ismp.org/ - Therapeutic Goods Administration
http://www.tga.health.gov.au/ - University of Queensland School of Pharmacy
http://www.uq.edu.au/pharmacy/ - United States Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/ - World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
http://www.whocc.no/atcddd/ - World Health Organisation Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy
http://www.who.int/medicines/en - World Health Organisation UPPSALA Monitoring Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring)
http://www.who-umc.org/
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