Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2021
PBS continued dispensing arrangements
18 March 2021 - Continued dispensing is the supply of an eligible medicine to a person by an approved pharmacist, where there is an immediate need for the medicine but where it is not practicable to obtain a valid PBS prescription.
Under normal continued dispensing arrangements, only eligible oral contraceptives and lipid lowering medicines (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) can be supplied under Continued Dispensing.
The Government has agreed to further extend the continued dispensing emergency arrangements until 31 December 2021 while COVID-19 continues to put pressure on our health resources.
