1350 consults in first year of pharmacist prescribing in Queensland
Queensland Health still refuses to provide a breakdown of the conditions treated.
Queensland pharmacists have conducted 1350 consultations for medical conditions such as shingles, impetigo and reflux in their first year of prescribing S4 medicines.
By May this year, 118 of Queensland’s 7800 pharmacists had received approval to diagnose and prescribe independently for 16 conditions.
