Presenters (mandatory)
- David Laffan, Assistant Secretary, Pharmacy Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
- Kirsten Buckingham, Director, Opioid Dependence Treatment, Department of Health and Aged Care
- Bec Lang, Acting Chair of the Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council Board
- Jarrod McMaugh, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Live Captions are available for this webinar.
About the webinar
From 1 July 2023, pharmacists will be able to deliver Opioid Dependency Therapies under a new program funded by the Commonwealth.
This will mean more than 50,000 vulnerable patients who need treatment for opioid dependency will have funded support to access these critical treatments through approved community pharmacies – and only be required to pay the PBS Co-Payment.
More information is now available on the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program website.
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