Pharmacist prescribing could replace six million GP consults a year, guild claims
Ironically, pharmacists prescribing antibiotics to treat UTIs would avoid just 9000 GP consults annually, according to the guild-commissioned study
Letting pharmacists prescribe S4 drugs would save the health budget $700 million a year and prevent millions of GP visits, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has claimed, as its political lobbying ramps up.
A guild-commissioned report from accountancy firm EY has suggested that 6.5 million GP consults a year would be shifted to pharmacies if state and territory governments let pharmacists diagnose and treat 13 conditions.Â
