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60-day prescription change impacting locally: Bendigo pharmacies

Bendigo Advertiser, October 17, 2023: A Bendigo pharmacy is facing a $300,000 a year income cut linked to new dispensing rules, with once-free services now incurring charges as businesses bid to claw back their losses. In September, the federal government introduced changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to enable doctors to prescribe 60 days … Continue reading