PHARMACY Guild President Trent Twomey has stressed that the Govt's $3.5b cut through the 60-day dispensing measure "will, unfortunately, mean pharmacists will need to make tough decisions that will see some shut their doors and others shut on weekends, opening later in the morning or closing early in the evening and it will mean patients miss out on vital medicines and health services.
"These are unprecedented changes that will fundamentally change the way patients get medicine and access support," Twomey said.
"We welcome moves by the Govt to reform the health system but at the same time they are asking 6,000 pharmacies to support more patients while cutting 50% of their funding, it doesn't add up."
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