Pharmacy Guild steps up campaign against prescription changes: SBS Sinhala current affair on 30 June

Listen to the SBS Sinhala radio current affair feature on the warnings of Pharmacy Guild to the government to scrap its new measures under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as it could lead to job losses and hundreds of pharmacies to close.

Pharmacist Nick Logan and one of his staff at his Artarmon chemist (SBS)

HIGHLIGHTS

• A new measure has been endorsed by the Federal Government dispensing some medicines for 2 months in one pharmacy visit for eligible people under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
• The Pharmacy Guild has stepped up its calls for the government to scrap its plan by warning it could lead to job losses and hundreds of pharmacies to close.