All aboard the pharmacist prescribing train – but keep your eyes closed for when the crash comes!

(WARNING – trainee drivers, excessive ticket prices and the pollies will deny liability for any train wreck)
When NSW announced last week that it was going to jump aboard and have its own pharmacy prescribing pilot on the back of Queensland’s roaring success with the concept, my heart sank.
Then came yesterday’s second political blunderbuss – the Victorian premier Daniel Andrews declaring his government (subject to its re-election) will directly fund hundreds of thousands of $20 pharmacist consults and contribute to the costs of the scripts that result.
Clearly recent events are showing that where there is a political will, there will be a way.