Pharmacy antibiotic prescribing needed ‘to end women’s suffering’, says health minister

But AMA Queensland says the trial is a risk to patients
Steven Miles
Queensland Minister for Health Steven Miles. Photo: AAP

Pharmacists should be allowed to prescribe antibiotics for UTI because countless women are being offered no choice but to “suffer through the night or visit emergency departments”, the Queensland health minister has declared.

Doctor groups are increasingly alarmed at the looming rollout of the state’s trial amid fears patients will be misdiagnosed and the fight against unnecessary antibiotic prescribing undermined.