Pharmacists should be able to work with GPs to prescribe medicines for long-term conditions
- Written by: Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
A national review of primary care workforce regulations is investigating ways to increase Australians’ access to quality health care.
The review is considering how health-care workers can use more of their skills and training, to work to their full scope of practice. This includes exploring who should be allowed to prescribe medications.
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