Victorian women could be given antibiotics unsafe for the first trimester of pregnancy and misdiagnosed for sexual infections under a pharmacy trial, doctors warn.
Victorian women could be given antibiotics that are unsafe for the first trimester of pregnancy and treated for urinary tract infections when they in fact have a sexually transmitted disease under the state’s future pharmacy prescription model, the peak body for doctors has warned.
The AMA president said a similar pilot conducted in Queensland found six pregnant women were given antibiotics that were unsafe for their unborn child. But the AMA’s concern over appropriate safeguards has received a rebuke from the Andrews government and the peak body for pharmacists, who say it’s an insult to hardworking community chemists.The Pharmacy Guild’s Victorian president, Anthony Tassone, said pharmacists are extremely well-trained at identifying when a patient should be referred to a GP or another health professional. He added that pharmacists taking part in the trial will receive additional education.
A spokesman for the Andrews government said the pilot, once rolled out more broadly, would be particularly beneficial for rural and regional Victorians and others who face long wait times to see a GP. The pilot is expected to cost about $20 million, according to last year’s election commitment costings.threatened to name and shame Premier Daniel Andrews on hiked medical billsAsked on Thursday whether his relationship with the healthcare sector was deteriorating, the premier said Labor had far more in common with GPs’ interests “than they would perhaps let on”.
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