Let GPs write 15-month scripts for long-term meds: RACGP
Longer scripts and 60-day dispensing would 'free up GPs to spend more time with patients', says Dr Nicole Higgins
GPs should have the option of writing 15-month scripts if clinically appropriate to save patients time and money, the RACGP says.
It is part of a suite of cost-saving measures the college is proposing ahead of May’s federal budget, which includes dispensing 60 days of low-risk medicines at once and cutting the time it takes to write PBS authority scripts.
