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Rachael Ward

Liberals prescribe plan to expand role of chemists

Labor's Dean Winter (left) and Tasmanian leader Jeremy Rockliff are pushing to win a majority. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Patients with ear infections, wounds and eczema could seek treatment at pharmacies later at night under a re-election pledge from the Tasmanian Liberals.

Pharmacists can already administer contraceptive pills and treat urinary tract infections without prescriptions from doctors, with another 23 conditions to be added to the list under the proposal.

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