Outcry over clause banning after-hours deputisers from prescribing
The sector is now calling for an urgent rewrite
9th February 2018
Note: This story has been usurped by more recent developments, which you can read about here.

After-hours deputisers will be barred from writing new scripts without the permission of a patient’s regular GP under a clause buried deep in the Federal Government’s new rules for the sector.
Doctors are now agitating for an urgent rewrite, saying patients will be put at risk.
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