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Health
Jacob Shteyman

Push to free up GPs with more pharmacist prescriptions

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is pushing to expand pharmacists' powers to prescribe medications. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Pharmacists are pushing for broader powers to prescribe medications, which they say will take pressure off GPs and the federal budget.

And it could save patients from having to book a doctor's appointment every time they want to pick up a script for medications ranging from chronic health conditions to mental health and travel health.

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