It is meant to save billions, but just how many 60-day scripts are GPs writing?
Fewer than 13% of eligible scripts are being written for 60 days.
If you have been rummaging around the pre-federal budget news coverage, you may have read about the billions of dollars taxpayers will be saving as a result of Mark Butler’s battle with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
As we know, there was metaphorical blood and literal tears from the guild after the federal Minister for Health and Aged Care granted GPs the power to write 60-day scripts.
