Pharmacy Review - Responses to the Interim Report

Pharmacy is a business and like all businesses compete for sales?

Some consumers do not have much money? Pensioners for instance.

Not all consumers have a computer

Freedom of choice for consumers and Pharmacy

It works well now so why change it

Again not all people have computer and do not use online for bills you would create hardship for these users!

Best practice and continuity of care should come second to PRIVACY and CONFIDENTIALITY and Freedom of choice whether one vaccinates or not. Do not make it witch hunt. This could be the beginning of losing our Freedom when others say what we should do re our health????

Think of the time that Doctors need now and writing out a prescription is easier
than work typing one on a computer which could result in errors. Also the Pharmacist would need to spend more time online whereas now the assistants do a lot of work doing the prescriptions.

I have been in hospital many times and mistakes are made all the time, because of procedures and staff not reading things on the charts??? The above would make no
difference. They need more training perhaps we need more Div1 Nurses and not
Div 2 and Nurses Assistants.

I think the Government should let Pharmacists govern Pharmacists.
Maybe the Government should give remuneration to Consumers and keep the Pharmacy out of it. So that Consumers can buy their own. Like they do with Aged Care purchase services.
This would solve this problem.

Why put complimentary medicines separate? At the moment it works well one can have Freedom of Choice and I cannot see why it should change. Most things sold in the Pharmacy are natural vitamins which we get from food, or herbal or homeopathic which are gentle and they clearly state on their labels how to use them. Most people would ask the assistants or the Pharmacist if unsure and this has been working well for years?
HAS THEIR BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS. I feel there would be an uproar if you change things. Complementary medicine do not pose a risk. Drugs have side affects if you can lead to DEATH.

I do not understand when analysed Homoeopathic medicine it showed there was nothing in other than alcohol or sugar pills and so could not be proven to work as a medicine. So what is the problem if it does not work???
So what are the risks......the only one is that it helps people without side affects.
The risks are the use of drugs with such a long list of side effects these are the unacceptable risks to consumers!!!!

I am not sure

I am not sure

I do not understand

How can a consumer understand this

No a part of the Community are the Aged and Disabled and would find this difficult