Doctors sceptical over pharmacist prescription proposal as pilot program faces delays | 7.30

With a bleak winter of COVID and influenza on top of a chronic doctor shortage, Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP. One state has come up with a possible solution - letting pharmacists take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But doctors say it's too dangerous, as Peter McCutcheon reports.
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