Health

A motion supporting the strong community support for extending all-night pharmacies in Sydney, giving access to vital medications when they are needed.

28 July was World Hepatitis Day, a day to recognise people with Hepatitis C and to raise awareness about HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) co-infection.

It would have been better if the Premier had called it – and called it sooner, but at last NSW is to have another drug summit. 

Two old political foes will unite to kickstart the debate about expanding Sydney's lone medically supervised drug consumption centre to new areas and new ways to help users of the drug ice.

Michael Kirby, Bob Carr, John Brogden and Dr Ingrid van Beek will headline the upcoming Harm Minimisation Summit, being hosted at NSW Parliament by the NSW Cross-Party Harm Minimisation Roundtable. 

Four parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined forces in the NSW Parliament to renew the debate about harm minimisation approaches to illicit drug use. 

15 years saving lives. 15 years providing front-line services at the vanguard of medical practice. 15 years transforming the debate about illicit drug use.

While we need to balance the interests of all those involved in ART-assisted conception, the right for donor-conceived individuals to access information about the identity of their donor cannot be ignored and we must always put the interests of children first.

This week, I went to Canberra to participate in the National Drug Summit. Here's 9 things I learned:

The drug policies in NSW aren't working, so we need a new summit to look at harm minimisation strategies that could include amnesty bins, pill-testing and the end of the use of sniffer dogs