Pharmacists push to make emergency dispensing powers a permanent fixture
The temporary COVID-19 measures should be used to save lives, says the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Pharmacists are being accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic in their push to extend temporary powers to dispense prescription medicines to patients without a script.
In January, pharmacists were granted permission to give patients up to a month’s supply of their usual PBS medicines without a prescription from their doctor.
