Aged care residents must not pick up pharmacists’ 60-day dispensing bill, warns health department
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia had claimed aged care residents could be billed $800 a year to have their medicines delivered.
The federal Department of Health and Aged Care has written to aged care homes warning they cannot charge residents for managing their medications if pharmacists increase their fees because of 60-day dispensing.
In its campaign against the dispensing reforms, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia said some 118,000 aged residents would be paying $800 a year on average for medicines to be packed and delivered given the financial hit taken by its members.
