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Feedback on Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines
AMA Queensland provided feedback on the Queensland Health Queensland Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines 2022. The submission included:
- the need for improvement in access to treatment
- a call for better support for GPs and other medical practitioners to upskill and work in opioid dependence treatment, particularly in rural and remote locations;
- questions for Queensland Health concerning the Guidelines’ proposal for peer workers and advocates;
- the need to a greater focus on preventative practices in the Guidelines; and
- that the Guidelines include reference to Queensland Health’s Monitored Medicines Unit commitment for a further 12 months of QScript education and that this means health practitioners will not face regulatory actions for failing to check or upload records to QScript until conclusion of that period.
