PBAC to examine if doctors should prescribe PBS medicines to prisoners
Many patients in custody are restricted to paracetamol, says advocate Brett Collins.
The Federal Government is considering lifting the PBS ban on Australia’s 42,000 prisoners, taking the suggestion to the PBAC’s March meeting.
Prisoners have been excluded from the PBS and Medicare since their inception on the basis it would duplicate state and territory justice health services, which have maintained responsibility for prison healthcare.
