20 January 2020
Doctors Will Still Dispense Drugs Despite Fee Deregulation
GPs say their bundling -- consultation, examination, medication -- makes patient visits very affordable.
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31 December 2019
Prescription And Good Dispensing Practice
No other country criminalises a refusal to provide a prescription upon request.
17 December 2019
With Deregulated Fees, Don’t Oppose Medicine Price Controls, CAP Tells Health Providers
Public display of medical practitioners’ consultation fees won’t necessarily empower patients either, says Consumers Association of Penang.
Separating the prescribing and dispensing of drugs to doctors and pharmacists can only happen in a national health financing...
28 November 2019
Jail Awaits Doctors Who Refuse Patients’ Prescription Requests
The Poisons Act (Amendment) 2019 Bill was tabled for the first time this week.
01 November 2019
MOH Amending Law To Enforce Mandatory Prescriptions Upon Request
The move is aimed to allow patients to have the right to make choices about their medicine supply.
05 July 2019
Response To MPS On Dispensing Separation – MPCAM
A hard copy of the drug prescription will only be issued if the patient requests it.
MPS says the onus should be on GPs to give prescriptions, not on patients to ask for them.
The health minister says patients may find it difficult to locate a pharmacy.