Doctors warn chemists to butt out of flu vaccinations and health checks as patient safety at risk

DOCTORS are at war with chemists who want to provide vaccinations, mental illness checks and basic health screening claiming they have an “inherent conflict of interest”.

Patients could be prescribed unnecessary or inappropriate medicines by chemists who profit from the sale of the drugs, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says.

And if patients get health services from chemists, not their GP, their health care will become fragmented and chemists who don’t have medical training could miss important health problems.

Chemists are currently negotiating a new $15 billion five year government pharmacy agreement that sets out who can dispense medicines and where and how much they get paid.

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When I was a child and doctors were sparse when I injured myself Mum took me to the local Chemist..... there he would clean and dress my wounds..... some were pretty bad.....  I felt safe going there and the chemist was so kind..... then that all changed.... and people had to pay to go to doctors. 


"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~