Australian Health Minister accuses doctors of scaremongering over dispensing without Rx
Australian Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has hit back at doctors' claims that allowing pharmacies to dispense some prescription medicines without a general practitioner's script could "threaten patient safety," reports the Sydney Morning Herald. She said the "scaremongering" by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) was disappointing.
After a new A$15 billion ($14 billion) deal between the Commonwealth and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia was struck this week, chemists will be able to supply the contraceptive pill and cholesterol drugs without a prescription. On Tuesday, doctors said the plan was dangerous because drugs would be handed out without a thorough medical examination being conducted first.
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