Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Under most prescribing arrangements, the pharmacist would be given information on the quantity of that prescription. For instance, pseudoephedrine has a requirement of the quantity that can be supplied in that period. So I'm just interested to understand what training is going to be in place for pharmacists, particularly when the pharmacy sector have already been very clear that they don't want to do this anyway because they don't believe that it fits in with the role that they play in the community. So, whilst I do absolutely respect the extraordinary professionalism and health knowledge of our pharmacists, we're talking about a completely different thing here. So, once again, I would like to understand: if somebody walks into a pharmacy and they are allowed one month's prescription, what does that entail? How are the pharmacists supposed to be able to meet the legal obligations of supplying a month?