COMMENTING on the authority
review, Pharmacy Guild of Australia
national president George
Tambassis said authority required
Pharmaceutical Benefits Listings
was a major technical issue that
hindered pharmacist work flow.
He said a review was “very
necessary” and the Guild was
delighted to be involved.
“Unlike your ‘normal’
prescription, this prescription or
medicine needs to be written on
the correct stationery with at least
two different authority numbers on
the prescription.
“The doctor needs to have made
the correct phone call prior to
writing or printing the prescription,
and if that process is not handled
correctly it means the prescription
cannot be dispensed at the correct
price.”
He said some pharmacists had
been left out of pocket, even
though they had dispensed the
correct medicine at the correct
dose for the correct patient’
because all the authority numbers
did not match up.
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