Pharmacy prescribing trial: ‘The lives of my patients are in real danger’
Dr Jason King on his concerns about the looming trial's risks to the Aboriginal community where he works
Dr Jason King is a GP and director of clinical services at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service in Yarrabah.
A small Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland, the town has in effect been selected as one of the sites for a radical and potentially dangerous experiment in patient care.
That experiment is the Queensland Government’s plan to allow pharmacists to diagnose, prescribe and dispense up to 150 different S4 drugs across 23 medical conditions.
Dr King, a Yued/Whadjuk Noongar man, explains why he fears the worst.
