Another govt pledges to fund pharmacy consults for UTIs and contraceptives
A month out from the state election, the NSW Premier has doubled down on pharmacy prescribing.
Pharmacists in NSW will get taxpayer cash to prescribe contraceptives and diagnose UTIs if the Coalition Government is re-elected next month.
When the state government first announced its foray into pharmacy prescribing, it was based on patients paying $20-$30 for a consultation.
But a month out from the state election, Premier Dominic Perrottet has promised to scrap the out-of-pocket cost.
He said the decision was necessary because it was “harder than ever to get into a GP”.
