20 January 2020
GPs say their bundling -- consultation, examination, medication -- makes patient visits very affordable.
Tag: dispensing separation
31 December 2019
No other country criminalises a refusal to provide a prescription upon request.
17 December 2019
Public display of medical practitioners’ consultation fees won’t necessarily empower patients either, says Consumers Association of Penang.
12 December 2019
Separating the prescribing and dispensing of drugs to doctors and pharmacists can only happen in a national health financing system, MMA argues.
28 November 2019
The Poisons Act (Amendment) 2019 Bill was tabled for the first time this week.
1 November 2019
The move is aimed to allow patients to have the right to make choices about their medicine supply.
5 July 2019
A hard copy of the drug prescription will only be issued if the patient requests it.
26 June 2019
MPS says the onus should be on GPs to give prescriptions, not on patients to ask for them.
8 May 2019
The health minister says patients may find it difficult to locate a pharmacy.