One of the more curious aspects of the Queensland pharmacy prescribing and dispensing saga — and there have been many — is the justification we heard from the Queensland Minister for Health, Yvette D’Ath.

She was asked by reporters last month why she was going ahead with a trial, which is set to batter and break some of the fundamentals of safe healthcare.

“We have already been running a trial on [pharmacists prescribing antibiotics] for UTIs,” she replied. “And I believe that this has been very successfully applied.”

So what was this belief based on?