State Govt says it will fund $20 patient consults with pharmacists and cover the cost of their scripts
The Victorian Government has made an election pledge that goes beyond the Queensland and NSW plans for pharmacy
The Victorian Government has pledged to launch its own pharmacy prescribing trial if re-elected on Saturday, with taxpayers funding hundreds of thousands of $20 pharmacist consults.
It follows similar plans in Queensland and NSW but goes further, with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews committing $19 million to cover the cost of pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs and other conditions from July next year.
He has also promised to partly cover the cost of pharmacist-prescribed medicines, capping the out-of-pocket cost at equal to the PBS co-payment price.
The pilot will run for 12 months and include pharmacists issuing ongoing scripts for contraceptives.
