Doctors want answers to these 6 questions on pharmacy prescribing

The AMA has posed key queries for governments on patient safety and conflicts of interest in trials

State ministers across the nation have been appearing before the cameras in recent weeks selling voters a dream.

It’s a future where they can turn up at any pharmacy and their ailments are quickly diagnosed with the medications prescribed and dispensed all in the space of one visit.

No need to see their GP at all. 

Few ministers have spoken about the real out-of-pocket cost of this arrangement to voters — that outside of Victoria this will be a private market form of healthcare.