So, the national push to have pharmacists diagnose, prescribe and dispense for a list of medical conditions is succeeding.

Clearly, the pressure is coming from two sources: the pharmacists who seek to improve their incomes, and politically sensitive ministers seeking to keep a lid on healthcare costs without doing anything difficult.

Most of the arguments against pharmacists playing doctors are correctly based on professional standards and conflicts of interest.

The complication is that our governments appear to have no interest in professional standards, only sourcing political donations and electoral votes.