THE Australian Medical
Association is continuing its long-running
campaign against the PBS
Authority system, with president
Steve Hambleton saying yesterday
that government red tape is a “huge
burden on family doctors and
medical practices”.
In a statement issued as part of
the AMA’s ‘Family Doctor Week’,
Hambleton cited a recent survey
which found that 17% of doctors
seeking permission for scripts
reported spending ten minutes or
more per day waiting for calls to
be answered by “Human Services
Department bureaucrats”.
“There is no justification, on
clinical or economic grounds, for
this red tape...the Productivity
Commission has identified the
PBS authority system as an
unnecessary burden for GPs and has
recommended it be removed”.
Hambleton said that the time
doctors waste getting authority to
prescribe medications equates to
over 25,000 consultations monthly.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 19 Jul 13 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 19 Jul 13
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