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Doctors Sore Over Radical Pharmacist Treatment Plan

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A pharmacy in Forest Lake on the southside of Brisbane is seen in Brisbane, Australia, on May 14, 2015. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
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7/26/2024|Updated: 7/26/2024
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A plan to allow pharmacists to treat patients for more than a dozen common conditions could risk lives, an influential doctors group warns.

The proposal by the Country Liberal Party ahead of the Northern Territory’s (NT’s) Aug. 24 election comes as other states and territories undertake pharmacy prescription trials allowing patients to bypass GPs.

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