It’s not easy for Laney Robson to get her two children, aged 5 and 11, to a doctor. Based just outside the Hunter Valley in NSW, she could brave the “diabolical” wait at the local ED or face being told “it’s weeks and weeks’ wait before we can take you on” by an unfamiliar GP clinic.

So Robson started using InstantScripts, an online business that charges $19 per prescription, for scripts to treat minor ailments, like her children’s eye and chest infections.