The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the government's 60-day script policy will worsen medicine shortages. What does the data say?
1 year, 6 months ago

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the government's 60-day script policy will worsen medicine shortages. What does the data say?

ABC  

CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab recapping the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation. CheckMate May 26, 2023 This week, we tackle a claim that 400 drugs on Australia's "critical shortage list" will be harder to come by due to the government's decision to allow 60-day scripts. Soon after the announcement, the guild launched a dedicated website warning that the new 60-day limit would "make medicines shortages worse". "400 drugs are on the critical shortage list, and 20 per cent of these will be out of stock now that dispensing limits have been increased by the government," the website said. Speaking on ABC Radio, the Australian Medical Association's Queensland president Maria Boulton said most supply issues were "short term" and related to antibiotics, which had short scripts so would be unaffected.

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