Authority script overhaul.

Australian Doctor,  November, 2006  by Smith, Paul

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By Paul Smith

GPs will no longer have to phone Medicare Australia for permission to prescribe almost half the 450 drugs listed under the authority script system.

The changes, hailed as a major win in the general practice battle against red tape, were announced last week by the Federal Government and should cut by 1.4 million a year the number of calls or written applications doctors are forced to make to obtain an authority script, saving them an estimated 70,000 consultation hours a year.

The drugs targeted under the reform number about 200 and are mainly for chronic ...

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