PHARMACY'S Location Rules are allegedly leaving 19,000 residents of Minto, Minto Heights and Bow Bowing, NSW, "without reasonable access to the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits" by pharmacist approved under Section 90 of the National Health Act 1953.
The petition, presented to the Federal Parliament on Mon, was compiled by pharmacist, Ma Ahsanul Hassan Hady, whose principal place of practice is Campbelltown, according to data from the Pharmacy Board of Australia.
Three S90 approved pharmacies are currently operating within a kilometre of the proposed location of the new pharmacy at Shop 1 B, 40 Ben Lomond Road, where the non-S90 Minto Discount Pharmacy is currently operating.
"This community of more than 19,000 residents has been denied reasonable access to the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits due to an unintended consequence of the application of the Pharmacy Location Rules," the petition said.
"The current level of three approved pharmacists to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits to this community does not provide the population of more than 19,000 residents with reasonable, timely nor adequate access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
"The current level of supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits does not allow residents to improve their health outcomes through access to, and quality use of, medicines in a timely manner."
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