Almost one in five GPs in Queensland have treated a patient that was inappropriately prescribed antibiotics by a pharmacist under the State Government’s UTI trial, it is being claimed. 

A poll by the AMA’s Queensland branch has also uncovered claims of complications from antibiotic allergies, as well as undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies, cervical cancer and ruptured cysts. 

“These findings are truly shocking and show the urgent need for the government to immediately halt this trial given the risks to patient safety and absence of any true evaluation of health outcomes,” said AMA Queensland president Professor Chris Perry. 

“This is not a comment on our pharmacist colleagues, who we value as a key part of community healthcare. It is an indictment on a trial that most of them do not want to be part of.”