Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2019
Tens of millions in secret cuts to subsidised medicines
2 May 2019 - Patients who need medicines when they are discharged from hospital could be waiting around for hours as a result of a secret cut to hospital pharmacies made in the federal budget.
The Morrison Government has slashed by $44 million a year the amount it pays hospital pharmacies for dispensing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines in a hidden budget cut.
Hospital pharmacists say the cut will mean 500 fewer pharmacists can be employed in public and private hospitals and this could add to the delays patients face when they are discharged from hospital and require medicines.
