LibGuides: Medications and Pharmacy Libguide: Websites

A selection of relevant websites

AIHW Medicines data
Medicines can contribute to the quality of life of Australians by curing or relieving the symptoms of illness. They can also prevent complications in existing health conditions or delay the onset of disease. AIHW data includes number of prescriptions, which medicines are prescribed and how much they cost.
Australian Border Force
A guide to what medications you can and can't bring in to the country. When you’re travelling overseas or importing items, you need to know that some medicines and substances can’t be brought back with you and for others you need to get permission.
Best Possible Medication History - NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission
A Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) is an accurate and complete list (or as close as possible) of medicines the patient is currently taking. The BPMH also includes information relating to medicine allergies and adverse drug reactions.
EviQ Cancer Treatments Online
A free evidence-based, consensus driven cancer treatment protocols and information for use at the point of care. Developed for the Australian health professionals in the delivery of cancer treatments.
High-Risk Medicines - NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission
The High-Risk Medicines Program is a component of the CEC Medication Safety and Quality Program and provides resources to support hospitals with the implementation of the NSW Health Policy Directive High-Risk Medicines Management
High-Risk Medicines Management - NSW Health Guideline
Check current policy in the Intranet site: Policy, Procedures and Guidelines (PPGs). All NSW Health organisations must have systems in place for the safe management and use of high-risk medicines.
Medication Safety - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
The Commission works to improve the safety and quality of medication use in Australia. It leads and coordinates national initiatives to reduce medication errors and harm from medicines. Medication safety forms part of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (second edition). Information in these pages can help health service organisations and clinicians identify and implement strategies to improve medication safety.
Medication Safety - NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission
The Medication Safety team supports the safe and quality use of medicines by identifying and addressing emerging medication safety risks and monitoring, evaluating and optimising medicines use across NSW. Their website includes the Life Saving Drugs Register, NSW Medicines Formulary, Medication safety Updates and more
Model List of Essential Medicines - World Health Organization
The eEML is a comprehensive, freely accessible, online database containing information on essential medicines. The eEML combines detailed medicine information (e.g. pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive evaluation of benefits, harms and costs (e.g. effectiveness, safety, implications for health care systems) information.
NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group
The NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group Inc is an independent, not-for-profit association. Advancing quality use of medicines in NSW - Our members are clinical pharmacologists, pharmacists and other clinicians from the hospitals of NSW and affiliated academic units.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ( PBS Online )
A list of all the medicines available to be dispensed to patients at a Government-subsidised price, managed by the Department of Health and Aged Care. It lists drugs on the PBS, conditions of use for the prescribing,consumer information for medicines and cost.
Pharmacy Intranet Site (Camden and Campbelltown Hospital)
Intranet site accessible only to Camden and Campbelltown Pharmacy staff
Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 No 31
An Act relating to the regulation, control and prohibition of the supply and use of poisons, restricted substances, drugs of addiction, certain dangerous drugs and certain therapeutic goods.
Safe Use of Medicines - Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Advice for the general public: Safe use of medicines-medicines go through a thorough process to make sure their therapeutic benefits outweigh their risks. But they can cause issues if not used properly. Information on what medicines you’re taking, how to use them what to do if you travel.
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA )
The TGA is responsible for regulating the supply, import, export, manufacturing and advertising of therapeutic goods.

Handbook of tools to support medicine management in multimorbidity and polypharmacy by Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia
Call Number: Online Report

Publication Date: 2025

The handbook includes tools designed to: reduce medicine regimen complexity; identify non-adherence, identify medicines that are considered generally inappropriate in older people; identify medicines that may have been omitted but are considered beneficial in older people; detect medicine related side effects; identify the potential for harms due to the cumulative effects of medicine use; support cessation of medicines; and support medication switching and tapering. The handbook includes at least one tool for each of these areas and, wherever possible, tools developed for Australian practice are included.