PHOTO: Coonamble Pharmacist Krishnasamy ‘Raj’ Sundararaj with other pharmacy staff Leah Gajkowski, Mikala Kehoe, Cherie Pawley and Denby Mckenzie. Raj says pharmacies will be under pressure from the changes.
RURAL pharmacies are set to suffer when changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) made by the federal government come into effect on 1 September.
The changes later this year will see dispensing of over one hundred common medications changed to allow patients to access sixty days worth of medication instead of the current thirty-day allowance.
Subsequently, one hundred . . .
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