Letter from CAPS? Ignore it.
GP members may get emails or letters from a group purporting to represent our trusted pharmacy colleagues about 60-day dispensing. These letters are not endorsed by any recognised peak pharmacy bodies and can be ignored.
GPs may receive a letter from someone purporting to be your trusted pharmacist colleague about 60-day dispensing.
These letters are part of a campaign from a group called CAPS, which claims to be an independent pharmacy lobby group not associated with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
CAPS remains opposed to 60-day dispensing, while the Guild has shelved its campaign against this new program as it negotiates the eighth community pharmacy agreement with the federal government.
We encourage you to ignore any correspondence from CAPS. This group does not speak with any authority. Its decision to post photos online of patient prescriptions may be a breach of privacy. These actions have not been endorsed by any recognised pharmacy peak organisations.
Details of how 60-day prescribing works are available here.
