60-day scripts could encourage govt cuts to GP care plans, claims letter from pharmacists
GPs who write 60-day scripts are giving the Federal Government reasons to cut chronic disease care plan rebates, a letter from pharmacists is warning. The…
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Mass mail-out will implore GPs to stop writing 60-day scripts
GPs can expect letters imploring them not to write 60-day scripts to protect patients’ “financial best interest” and to preserve access to Webster packs and…
Pharmacists post patient scripts to Facebook in 60-day dispensing attack
A group of pharmacists says a “dossier” of 10,000 patient scripts proves that 60-day dispensing is a “rort” and failing to free up GP appointments. …
New fast-acting insulin added to PBS to replace delisted drugs
Patients with types 1 diabetes will continue to have subsidised access to fast-acting insulin, with the approval of a new product to replace Fiasp and…
PBAC plan to restrict diabetes drug prescribing ‘inconsistent with guidelines’
A proposed PBS crackdown on GLP-1 receptor agonists is inconsistent with type 2 diabetes management guidelines and will force doctors to prescribe less efficacious drugs,…
PBAC to consider semaglutide listing for weight loss
Novo Nordisk has applied for PBS funding for its subcutaneous weight loss drug Wegovy as a severe obesity treatment. The product contains the GLP-1 receptor…
Mandatory training scrapped for GPs prescribing abortion drugs
The rule that GPs must retake a three-hour training course every three years to prescribe abortion drugs is being scrapped, along with mandatory registration for…
‘Excellent outcome’: New diabetic CKD drug option for GPs
GPs can now prescribe finerenone under the PBS to prevent worsening kidney function in adults with chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes. More…
Methadone dispensing at risk as PBS change causes financial havoc
The RACGP has heralded new PBS listings for opioid dependence treatment as a victory for patients, but GPs and pharmacists say they are primed to backfire. Taree GP Dr…
GP prescribing rights for kids’ asthma inhaler finally restored
GPs can once again prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to children under six after the PBAC’s controversial restrictions were officially scrapped over the…
