20 May 2019 - The Department of Health completed the PBS Pharmaceuticals in Hospitals Review to better understand how PBS medicines are dispensed, procured, prescribed and supplied in public and private hospitals.

The Pharmaceutical Reform Agreements (PRAs) support the access of PBS medicines in the public hospital setting. These agreements are in place between the Commonwealth and all jurisdictions except New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. 

The PRAs enable approved public hospitals to prescribe and dispense PBS-subsidised medicines, chemotherapy drugs and highly specialised drugs to day-admitted patients, outpatients, and patients upon discharge.

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