{"get_hys_approved_messages":{"status":"SUCCESS","object":[{"ID":"792","Message":"I Am also 0n a Disability Support Pension and cannot Afford 60 Day Dispensing ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-30 06:40:57","Email":"NormanStanley50@gmail.com","FirstName":"Norman Stanley","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7248","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"791","Message":"Absolutely disgraceful that the ALP is so quick to take advantage of the most vulnerable members of the community to save a few bucks, I am ashamed to have supported them in the last electio. PAUSE and CONSULT, save our pharmacies.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-29 20:41:36","Email":"Llamaman13@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Aiden","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5041","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"790","Message":"As I'm on the Disability Support Pension, l will be unable to ford 60-day dispensing. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-29 13:40:39","Email":"zingglheapmargaret@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mrs Margaret Zinggl-Heap","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6056","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"789","Message":"As I live in a small town, Gilgandra NSW, there is a large aging population. I am 62yo ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-29 07:04:11","Email":"kerrybee9@gmail.com","FirstName":"Kerry Blackmore","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2827","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"788","Message":"My local chemists are brilliant.  Sad the government is stripping services back to save them money and not help our community and our local chemists which are like family and look after us.  Build our communities instead of tearing them down.  Keep supporting our services that we do have.  Don't take them away.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-28 11:32:27","Email":"pw156744@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Lilian","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4850","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"786","Message":"My local pharmacy is the most important shop in our community, the service is second to none. We as a community rely heavily on our pharmacy not just for meds but lots of other products that you can't by from the local shop. Please reconsider the 60 days.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-27 13:27:58","Email":"butterflylady1@live.com.au","FirstName":"Lynnette Kaye Parker","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6258","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"785","Message":"Chapmans pharmacy in Byford  has looked after all my pharmacy needs since 1991.. 32 years they have always been a good employer as all staff have been there for many years\u2026many from leaving school .. being a local rather than franchised business they are focussed on personal service..being small they could never afford to carry the stock to compete with the big chains so their focus is the pharmacy!, not selling makeup or stuff!, so it is essential they are not financially affected by any changes to dispensing.. and Labour should not go back on assurances they made to get elected, a lie is a lie..","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-27 12:00:16","Email":"ianpcoombs@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Ian Coombs","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6122","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"784","Message":"Iam 56 I have  had  two strokes and relie on my  pharmacy  the  government has no idea what they are doing. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-26 01:47:36","Email":"chevy571966@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Kerry rosenow ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3355","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"783","Message":"Our local Pharmacy is a valued part of our community.  Restricting their valued expertise will negatively impact thousands of people in our community of Scone.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-23 08:13:17","Email":"gralyn.carter@gmail.com","FirstName":"Lynette Margaret Carter","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2337","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"781","Message":"As we have aged my husband and I have faced an increase in medical conditions, particularly my husband. We have a wonderful relationship with our local pharmacy. Their support and advice has been invaluable . If we have to transfer to another \"big\" pharmacy  eg Chemist Warehouse  past experience tells us we will be just a number and the personal care will be no more .\nAnonymous","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-22 09:08:43","Email":"tgjackson67@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Theresa Jackson ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3630","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"780","Message":"I rely on my local pharmacy to have my medications available. They deliver my medication to my door since I had my baby as it's harder to get out at the time I need to refill my scripts, this is an invaluable service!\nI have previously used the Webster packing service and it saved me so much time and thought by being ready to pick up every week so that I didn't have to spend the time and energy sitting down to pack a dosette box myself when I was taking several medications. The local pharmacists know me and I depend on their advice. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-21 12:13:53","Email":"Dannyka.lou@gmail.com","FirstName":"Danika ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3130","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"779","Message":"My husband and I live in Kiama NSW and have utilised out local chemist Health Destination Pharmacy since moving here in 2000. They are are wonderful team and nothing is a problem, from giving advice to multiple medicines changes. My husband has numerous medical issues and sees numerous specialists.  He has regular medication changes to assist with symptom management. 60 day dispensing will not be suitable for him and we would hate the thought of our chemist closing if it comes to that.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-21 06:00:29","Email":"Henryco@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Julie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2533","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"777","Message":"I need my pharmacy to be open for the advice they give me regarding my tablets  and any other small non doctor advices.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-17 05:19:32","Email":"caroleanneban@gmail.com","FirstName":"Carole Banham","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3199","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"776","Message":"We have had a marvellous pharmacy in Montville for many years. The Montville Pharmacy has been a Godsend these past 3 years in particular. \nEarlier this year we lost our Medical Centre. This severely impacted our pharmacy's viability. \nThe new proposed dispensing policy was the final straw for our pharmacy. A week ago they closed the pahrmacy as it would not be feasible to keep open with the further reduction in income. \nOur pharmacist has moved out to join another community pharmacy at a nearby medical centre. \nOurs has already gone. Our town no longer has any medical service provider. We here in Montville are the canary in the cage. More closures will follow. \nSupport your pharmacy before you too lose them! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-15 11:01:48","Email":"shop@auralight.net","FirstName":"Shiralee Cooper","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4560","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"775","Message":"You think you may never get to a situation where you depend on help from a good pharmacy - when in young healthy days the thought of saving by receiving a two for one prescription would be attractive.  however as senior person i can truly recognise how this can be a curse for the community.  our local pharmacy is \"there\" whenever we require help - they guide me when i need advice and make sure that my needs are met. the simple fact is \"they care\".  Please take time to reconsider this change - whilst it may seem popular to some at the moment - the real impact will be felt down the track as pharmacies are forced to close and it will be too late to rectify the wrong move.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-14 05:43:51","Email":"reibelt@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Judith Reibelt","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2125","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"774","Message":"I live in a small rural town with a large elderly population. The nearest alternative is a 40 minutes away and many older people no longer drive or have access to transport. This will severely impact vulnerable members in many communities such as mine. Pharmacists are invaluable and even more so in small communities where other primary healthcare resources are limited.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-12 04:28:27","Email":"m.vanlill84@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mariana","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6333","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"773","Message":"For fifty three years I have suffered hypertension and been on medication the whole time.\nFor the last twenty years I have used my local pharmacy which is a short walk away, and been able to use their services from 9am until 8pm seven days a week.\nThe owners have given me wonderful service and advice and are always available to answer any uncertainty that I have about my health management.\nIt causes me concern that these ladies who work so hard may have their job made more so because of these changed rules.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-11 13:45:01","Email":"yt333@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Greg","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2151","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"772","Message":"On Chemo, Antidepressants and medicine for Insomnia. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-09 11:16:37","Email":"mykats16@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Katrina ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4341","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"771","Message":"I take medication which is only available one month (28 days of tablets) at a time. Therefore 60 day dispensing will not work for me. My local pharmacy has been very helpful in making sure my medication is available when I need it. Without this medication I cannot walk without assistance and am in pain.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-09 05:48:53","Email":"debra@auzziebiz.com","FirstName":"Deb","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2790","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"770","Message":"I support my local country pharmacy. We only have the one in our small country town. Reduced hours, higher costs will be a disaster for our local community which has a large amount of seniors. We are already struggling without retaining some health services! Get your hands off our pharmacies!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-08 06:36:07","Email":"margaretlangtip@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Margie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3960","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"769","Message":"Hi,  this will not work with the people like me who have their medications changed very often. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-08 03:37:46","Email":"aussyfrog@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Nicole","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3467","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"768","Message":"I am a 75 year old single male who lives 60 klm from my pharmacy. I take multiple drugs' as I need 5 1\/2 of one drug for familial tremors I need a regular supply of this drug to function properly. I feel with the new system the availability will not be there","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-07 22:34:24","Email":"alguardss@aol.com","FirstName":"Alan Edward Hanson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4365","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"767","Message":"I support my Amcal pharmacy - I don\u2019t see the benefit to be able to get medication cheaper than it already is (on aged pension) ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-07 10:43:59","Email":"smah31@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Sabine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2590","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"766","Message":"Reduced opening hours will effect MANY people - such as shift workers and those not close to a chemist, that cannot make it within their reduced opening times. Many rural and remote chemists may have to close, which would be a disaster to those communities already struggling with reduced health services.\nThanks\nAdrian McLean ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-07 10:25:11","Email":"camay_day@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Adrian ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2526","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"765","Message":"Not cool","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-07 08:11:01","Email":"Zack.neve2009@outlook.com","FirstName":"Zac","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2500","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"764","Message":"A lot of times I have questions about my health but I don't want to make an appointment to see my doctor for just a question; so I see my pharmacist and ask them. So much faster and easier. I also love that they drop off my meds for free; so easy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-07 05:01:41","Email":"marshmellowties@gmail.com","FirstName":"Snezana Novakovic","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2500","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"763","Message":"I live in Bothwell Tasmania and I am so thankful that Terry and Christine opened \"Central Highlands Pharmacy\" six years ago. They are so nice and Terry is a very skilled ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 20:54:40","Email":"talltree61@gmail.com","FirstName":"Joanne ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7030","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"762","Message":"This isn\u2019t going to help when I have changes in tablets when I have to take new tablets that don\u2019t mix with some of the tablets  I have already been on. Changing tablets mean I will have tablets I can\u2019t use. I live alone so I need to be able to visit the pharmacy to speak to them about my medication.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 15:16:06","Email":"marj99@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Marjorie Norris","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2484","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"761","Message":"I rely on my local pharmacy for my medication 100%.\nHe needs us and we need him.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 10:14:30","Email":"imacreadie@mail.com","FirstName":"IanI rel","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2655","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"760","Message":"Our local pharmacy  is excellent. With friendy workers and are always happy to help.\nWe need this pharmacy  as its a 30 minute drive to Echuca  otherwise...and a lot of the  Elderly  wouldn't.t be able to do that drive..\nWe all really appreciate  the fact that we have  a local pharmacy ..","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 09:28:29","Email":"shirlwallace01@gmail.com","FirstName":"Shirley","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4561","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"759","Message":"I have so many prescriptions for my autoimmune disease and blood clotting disease, blood pressure, injections for my blood clots , bone density disorder, etc ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 08:55:41","Email":"narellelackenby1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Narelle","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2282","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"758","Message":"I\u2019m all alone my friends have died and my children have left me totally. I cry everyday they took my loving dog Meena. Fortnightly my Amcal chemist drops off my Webster packs. The service is great I can\u2019t pickup as my hours of caring have been severely cut to 8 visits a weak day no weekends. Nothing workers can do for me \u2018only related to my 5 disability ailments. I can\u2019t walk but carer can\u2019t push me to my hospital Im suffering from pain and heartache. Now if I have to wait 60 days I will be DEAD in my bed by then","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 03:14:29","Email":"marneo56@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Maria Harding","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5013","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"757","Message":"I work at a local pharmacy, every day there is handfuls of medications that go out of stock. Imagine us giving 2 boxes of heart medication to one person, and leaving another customer with nothing. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 00:52:10","Email":"z5488152@ad.unsw.edu.au","FirstName":"Anonymous","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2165","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"756","Message":"My grandparents have take over 30 medications in total, combined. It's because of their regular doctor visits for new prescriptions that many issues have been diagnosed. \n\nWhat the government doesn't realise is that while this policy is \"easing the economic burden\", it'll have major indirect costs, including  the health of many people. Needing a prescription from the doctor is, for many, the only reason they will ever book an appointment. If people are needing less prescriptions because they now have enough for 2 months, this will halve their regular visits and subsequent check-ups. This hits me personally because it was by sheer coincidence, at a random visit to the doctor for a prescription on her cholesterol medication, that my grandma's GP noticed my grandma's blood pressure dropping way too low because of a previous increase in dosage. If this were to happen during this double dispensing policy, it would've taken at least another month for this visit to happen and for this issue to be noticed. \n\nPatients are fragile, they are human. I'm 19 and have a great mental state and even I forget whether I've already taken my vitamins or not. With multiple packages of PRESCRIPTION ONLY ITEMS at home, Australian residents are more at risk of overdose, whether accidental or not. \n\nMost importantly, how can you possibly think that \"saving money\" in one place while causing THOUSANDS of people to be unemployed is going to \"save\" the economy. It does not take a politician to see the faults in this policy. \n\nThis is not just about local pharmacies losing money. It is about the fact that the government is putting short-term economic \"benefits\" over the health of its people! Without thinking of long-term consequences. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-06 00:50:05","Email":"marinaalishaq03@icloud.com","FirstName":"Marina ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2176","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"755","Message":"My pharmacy has been here for me since we moved here in 2002 always Happy to answer questions and delivering to us when necessary They know us and go out of their way to help us WE will be lost without them and what about ALL the people it will put out of work. Ridiculous idea.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-05 22:20:54","Email":"johnceceliat@gmail.com","FirstName":"Cecelia Tooze ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4655","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"754","Message":"I worry for these pharmaceutical business owners not having regular clients traffic monthly. I am ADHD I loose medicines sometimes. It\u2019s frustrating that I may need to wait 2 months if I have an issue. I also feel that the government attacking this sector is utter stupidity. Pay what the pharmacist is due.\nThey study hard for their careers and deserve every cent they are paid. \n\nI know each time I visit the pharmacy I also buy\nOther items as I\u2019m looking around while I wait for scripts. They will\nLoose retail business for sure ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-05 13:24:06","Email":"Dee70jams@gmail.com","FirstName":"Deborah Kell","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2324","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"753","Message":"Born in Perth in 1930, I rely on regular assistance from my FRONT LINE PHARMACY, plus Shine Community CARE and my FAMILY. I am determined to remain INDEPENDENT. I do not want to enter a Nursing Home. With many Medical and Surgical Emergencies, which my Medical Centre will confirm, my Mosman Park Stirling Highway Drive in Pharmacy delivers to my door the medications that keep me alive - even after hours when needed. I no longer drive and can only walk with a frame. I am frequently in danger because of the results of Cancer, which requires ongoing regular Surgery, and which has led to life threatening Sepsis, the Pathology Diagnosis of which and prompt and rapid delivery of  Medication pre Hospitalisation, has saved my life. Mosman Park Stirling Hwy Pharmacy is not large, but I can attest that it provides the best Personal Service of the other Pharmacies in the area, having tried them. The Mosman Park Stirling Highway Drive in Pharmacy, as it stands, is essential for my well being.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-05 06:34:43","Email":"Mrshendo@me.com","FirstName":"Elaine Henderson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6012","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"751","Message":"I am an aged widow that appreciates the availability of having our local pharmacy at our medical centre so we can receive our medications straight away and be onto the treatments quickly.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-05 02:16:12","Email":"tjmcca@activ8.net.au","FirstName":"Gweneth McCallum","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5483","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"750","Message":" My husband and I live in a 55  community where we are all independent 72 units. We have a Nova pharmacy just a few minutes walk away,  I take on average 13 different medications everyday my husband 5. Often more some of these are on the lists of what will be issued at two month intervals, some are already not always available because of lack of supply. If our pharmacy has to supply us with twice as much it is going to create havoc in supply and need. It will also cause a great waste in medications as have to be changed as our conditions change and cause more money wasted. Our pharmacist is greatly concerned about what this move is going to have on his store. If he has to close we have to make it across a very busy road to reach another pharmacy or travel.\nThe government should have spoken to these vitally need people who care for us, not just come up with another stupid pie in the sky idea to try to look good. It is a ridiculous decision \nPauline","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-05 02:12:27","Email":"paulrobjon27@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Pauline","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3201","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"749","Message":"I use a lot of over the counter, like calcium and the like, I am worried I wont be able to get the things I need, when I need them, and are these changes going to cost lives?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 23:31:58","Email":"shawsue949@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sue","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3564","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"742","Message":"I have experienced not being able to get my medication.  A very stressful situation for me, it is medication I cannot manage without. My local chemist was very helpful and managed to get me similar medication but it is not a situation I want to experience on a regular basis, plus my chemist deliver my medication to my door, a vital service for me as I have very limited mobility.\nJane","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 10:37:02","Email":"Janecasey1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Jane","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7301","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"741","Message":"I believe this will lead to shortages of PBS medicines not to mention possible wastage if not used. (my wife has already this year been unable to get her regular medication in Perth - we were lucky enough to get it in Cairns while on holidays). This will also impose a cost on Pharmacies who will only get half their previous income from PBS items. Not enough consultation or consideration of effects.\nIf pharmacies close down as a result of this it will be bad for everyone who relies on their local.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 09:37:19","Email":"willmary19@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Frank","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6108","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"740","Message":"My local pharmacy, Pharmacy4less Parramatta, have been there for me on many occasions delivering medications when I have been unable to visit in person. The 60 day dispensing will probably see the end of this currently free service. Not all medications will be on the 60 day dispensing either which is senseless. If the government wants to help people  as they say they do, then just reduce the cost of PBS medications. Surely this makes more sense than this proposed, complicated system which will help very few people. It will not help me, as I am on a long list if regular medications and it will tske much longer to reach the threshold, if I reach it at all under this scheme. No real thought seems to have been entered into proposing this scheme.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 08:54:38","Email":"katharine.laird@gmail.com","FirstName":"Katharine Laird ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2150","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"739","Message":"My pharmacist goes above and beyond! He is always willing to give free health advice before I purchase a medicinal item, but his providing such important and helpful advice (at no cost to me) will be put in jeopardy by the Government\u2019s proposed reforms! I\u2019m not happy about that, and I will vote for a change of Government at the next election!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 07:06:15","Email":"john.teague360@gmail.com","FirstName":"John Teague ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2282","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"736","Message":"I think it will be devasting to our community to have this 60 day dispensing as we rely on our local chemists so much. The 60 day dispensing will be to expensive for a lot of people already struggling with the high costs of everything else these days ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 05:14:55","Email":"leoniekyle31@gmail.com","FirstName":"Leonie Kyle","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2539","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"735","Message":"I work at a little pharmacy in Brunswick junction W.A and we are not sure how this is going to play out for us. We are hoping to keep serving our elderly, indigenous and local customers. \nI think this is going to backfire let alone the waste of money, medication etc etc that this is going to generate. I\u2019m 53 and are going to find it hard to transition to another position be it in pharmacy or not. \nHow come no pharmacist were included in on this decision is what I ask. The roll on effect is going to affect a lot of people. Dumb decision I say. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 04:29:30","Email":"sharonwigham@icloud.com","FirstName":"Sharon","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6224","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"734","Message":"Due to the stupid PBS system which needs overhauling as a whole not just making one decision such as this.  They need to address the more individual specific idiosyncrasies that are within the system.  \nI am forced to have a doctors appointment either in person ot Telehealth every month to obtain a script that I have been taking for long time.   They say reduce visits to doctor but on other hand make me go.  I have been going to Optimal pharmacy Hamilton Hill since 2004 and they treat us like family and do not tell staff off for having a chat.  They also helped me through my cancer challenge which was very important for that extra support. They try wherever they can to match prices of the completely impersonal Chemist Warehouse.  Not always possible but they go as far down as they can to make it easier for me financially and also so I don\u2019t have to travel further.  \nLinley Adams ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 03:46:18","Email":"linleytranscribing@iinet.com.au","FirstName":"Linley Adams ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6163","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"733","Message":"Seriously, do our politicians have rocks in their heads? It seems they are determined to push our health care back into the dark ages. We have patients fighting for their life\u2019s waiting in ambulance queues at the hospital, we have unimaginably long waiting lists to see specialist s when we need them desperately, bulk billing has been taken away from those who can\u2019t afford to see a doctor and now they\u2019re destroying our frontline community care by destroying our pharmacies. I can\u2019t think of a single act they\u2019ve made to improve our health care in Australia. You don\u2019t need to crystal ball to predict the outcomes of the most ridiculous health policies ever created. Please take action and try and protect our pharmacies from the political axe they\u2019re under. \nShare this message and visit https:\/\/saveyourlocalpharmacy.com.au\/home\/#contact","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 03:37:42","Email":"09.corer-ageless@icloud.com","FirstName":"Kath","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4214","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"732","Message":"I am an 80 year old woman with several serious chronic conditions.  I am on a great many medications.\nMy local pharmacy has always been extremely helpful from advice for children\u2019s ailments years ago, delivering medication when I was unable to collect it and in latter years helping me to manage my health and medications.  I am known personally and feel great confidence in their ability to help.  Losing or diminishing this valuable service is not an option, it is too valuable to all parts of the community.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:50:02","Email":"tonialea55@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tonia Scott","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2121","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"731","Message":"My husband has had heart attack twice and he is Diabetic Type 2, depending on insulin! He is taking a lot of medications and without government support we won't be able to afford all those medication as we are both pensioners and are only income source is the pension we receive. I also have a few medical problems and I take specified medication regular. Mitra","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:34:56","Email":"mitras19@outlook.com","FirstName":"Mitra Shahidi","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6155","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"730","Message":"I am an aged pensioner and have lost my car licence because of my bad health. I have to rely on a mobility scooter to get me to my local chemist and if I lost that chemist it would be very difficult to get my medications. Please think about people in regional areas before going through with this.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:22:59","Email":"yvonneph@westnet.com.au","FirstName":"Yvonne Phillips","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2488","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"729","Message":"I love Super Save Compounding Pharmacy Emu Heights.\nThey are family, personal knowledgeable, helpful, kind and loving. They are not as cheap as Chemist Warehouse and because they are small they can't get some stuff I need because they are locked out. Not fair. \nPeter ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:22:13","Email":"debbymylove1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Patrick Gleeson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2750","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"728","Message":"I am 62 yrs old, living in Rental with my 33 yr old Son who was born with multiple disabilities!\nHe has had two Kidney transplants and is reliant on blister pack meds for his very life. Suffers easy with Pleural effusion, lung fluid from rhino virus or RSV. \nCurrently under investigation at the RAH for liver and other possible gastrointestinal problems.\nI have OSA, complex partial seizures and have need for medication to control. \nWe both need extra help now through NDIS. My Son is currently with them, whereas I am still awaiting approval.\nForgot to add, he and I both have Osteoporosis, differing levels but nonetheless we are on vit D3 and required to eat certain foods. In time My Son will be treated with a drug called Aclasia, to keep him from breaking either Hip, femur, wrists, or at worst spine.\nSame applies for myself! \nAs each year passes.\nWe are in high risk category!\nThanking you for taking time to read.\nSincerely \nSharon Maree Smith \nCorey Sean Harding.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:14:42","Email":"cherryripe49@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sharon SMITH","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5090","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"727","Message":"My community pharmacy in Flinders provides my vaccinations for influenza and Covid because it can take 4 to 5 weeks to get an appointment with GP.  They also provide advice for minor ailments taking the pressure off the health system.  I take regular medication and they deliver it to me if I am unwell. They are a big part of my life as I grow older.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 02:04:18","Email":"karen.fenemore@bigpond.com ","FirstName":"Karen Fenemore ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2529","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"726","Message":"My mother who is 87 with multiple health issues. For over 20 years, we have been relying on a local pharmacy for her Webster packs and delivery to her home. Two weeks ago, we were told the pharmacy had no option but to reduce opening hours and close on Saturday. Home delivery will not be viable as they have to reduce all staff working hours. We believe my mother will be badly worse off and her health will be severely impacted. Our work also effected as we must leave work early to pick up medicine. In addition, many of her medicines have been substituted because the constant medicine shortages. This government policy has not saved us a single cent, in fact it costing us so much more (time ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 01:53:27","Email":"pham_tien@frednet.com.au","FirstName":"Tim","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2117","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"725","Message":"My local Pharmacy has been a godsend to my family from delivering medication to the house when my husband was dying to delivering medication to me when I have been too sick to go to them as I now live alone. The Pharmacist\u2019s also advise me on the effects of various new medications and also interactions. They do this because they care and they know me personally because my family and I have been a client for so long. It is also a happy place to walk into. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-04 01:52:07","Email":"tank-leaven-0d@icloud.com","FirstName":"Jane","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4306","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"724","Message":"We both need medication and other items regularly and we are. Able to share and get advice from our Pharmacist which is a great encouragement to us ! They are such dedicated professional people and we need the freedom to go and see without the pressure of delays and inconvenience!!!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-03 06:39:13","Email":"a.young40@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sonia Young ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4161","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"723","Message":"I am retired and trying to make ends meet on the pension. Do not own a home and have very few assets, (car and some furniture). I need to take quite a few medications and so the pharmacy threshold kicks in around July so from mid-July to the end of December my medications are fully funded by Medicare. Getting double quantities of medications I won't reach the threshold until December\/January consequently I will not be saving anything.\nNot too many bureaucrats or politicians seem to have thought of this. \nWhy is it that this government that claims to be for the most vulnerable is neglecting the very low-income people?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-03 05:16:09","Email":"pearcerobert062@gmail.com","FirstName":"R Pearce","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2265","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"722","Message":"My husband has been critically ill for over 28 years we rely on our local pharmacy, they know him and his medications, if they have to keep more medicine in stock,  other medications won't be available,  affecting a lot of sick people the Government has come up with this idea to a look good but has not thought it through, at all, ask sick people or carers, what they want and need, not what you think will work it wont","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-03 01:02:11","Email":"marthashaw3712@gmail.com","FirstName":"Martha Shaw","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2750","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"721","Message":"I am a Registered Nurse often work in aged. I see a lot of medication wastage when patients are dispensed more than one box of medication. If the medication needs to be changed it can lead to confusion with both medicines being used. I have also experienced patients dying with several boxes of the same meds being wasted. \nThey only need one box at a time. The pharmacist might lose but also the patients who pay for meds that are not used or used inappropriatly.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-02 23:02:44","Email":"raeverett@fastmail.com.au","FirstName":"Roslyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4380","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"720","Message":"I have genetic diseases which require seeing my primary care Dr every 28 days. I have mctd, raynauds which became gangrene, scleroderma - no facial movement, sjogrens - absolutely no moisture in my body so all of my teeth fell out in 2 years because I take cytoxic drugs and I couldn't get a dentist willing to treat me. Cholestima, severe full body arthritis, full body dercums. Full body tumours and mixed connective tissue disease which involves every part of my body. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-02 09:04:41","Email":"wenmac7@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Mrs","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4380","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"718","Message":"I am living with chronic renal failure and am 24 years into my third kidney transplant. I depend on my local pharmacy for all my medications and medical supplies for type 2 diabetes. Without their help and support dealing with all this would be a nightmare. I worry about keeping some of my medications at home now, what am I going to do with 60 days supply of all of them. And what happens if the doses get changed. I still work and do not have a health card card, so how will all this affect reaching the safety net each year? There is a lot more in the health care system that needs fixing, please leave our pharmacies alone.    ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-01 19:51:23","Email":"beth0305@westnet.com.au","FirstName":"Elizabeth","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6054","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"717","Message":"I am very worried about our small but very much needed  pharmacy in Dongara. They cater for many pensioners who need a considerable amount of medications and it would be devastating if they could not afford to continue operating because of reduced income from the double script plan being envisaged by the government. Who in the world changes their marketing plan to give away one free product each time a customer buys. It is ridiculous and an obvious ploy by the government to stop having to subsidise so many scripts. I am disgusted by the sheer lack of consideration especially shown to people who live in the country. Where are our pensioners going to access their scripts if the pharmacy closes. The next town is 60 km away. Fine if you have a car.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-08-01 11:08:16","Email":"Vix@wn.com.au","FirstName":"Vicki","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6525","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"715","Message":"Leave our beautiful Pharmacies alone.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-31 07:43:46","Email":"brizann@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Reid, Brian J. ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"713","Message":"Dear Member of Parliament. I am the parent of a child who has a life shortening illness. My local pharmacy, which is not part of a chain, has been and continues to be invaluable in his care. They go above and beyond to ensure that all of his pharmaceutical needs are met. These changes will compromise their ability to continue to provide the level of care they have thus far. These hard working individuals do not deserve to have their livelihoods compromised for short sighted financial gains. Please do not allow these proposed changes to occur.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-30 12:17:52","Email":"drench.chinos_0w@icloud.com","FirstName":"Daniela","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3194","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"711","Message":"I have just went to pharmacy at 10 pm as most of the pharmacies are closed right now. We urgently need prescribed medication to our daughter and we parents are supervising the medication. I am dad working in Clarence 610 km away from my daughter in Pemulwuy. She had to get her medication and nothing left. This is one of many non-fiction stories. If pharmacies is are closed and medication are required, only option to admit in Emergency. Even in the Emergency, patients are waiting for many hours for admission. We thought Labor government for the people which worse than Liberal. We knew Liberals are business. Albani himself told history and don\u2019t do anything on health and medical security. Thanks for listening.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-28 12:55:46","Email":"ravi.anandarajah@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ravi","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2145","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"709","Message":"I rely on community transport and relative transport.  Must be done doing the day.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-28 00:13:38","Email":"jobel8@bigpond.com","FirstName":"JOAN COLMAN","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2539","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"708","Message":"Please I need my local\nPharmacist to remain as is.    I am a senior person and I rely on ongoing assistance with my medications as in how to best take it and whether it goes with my current medications etc.    he picks up on these facts    The Dr doesn\u2019t seem too    I have been wrongly prescribed and he has phoned the Dr to fix this.    I almost lost my daughter when wrongly prescribed post natal depression tablets when in fact she was anaemic.  It was my local\nPharmacist who realised the error.   She would have gone into an irreversible coma within days     Our pharmacists are our safety barrier   They know more about drugs then the doctors   They are if you like a second opinion in the very important matter of our health    Please don\u2019t take them away from us     ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-27 20:42:17","Email":"roslynpallister@gmail.com","FirstName":"Roslyn pallister ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7017","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"707","Message":"I am a aged pensioner living in Railton a small town in Tasmania  if our pharmacy closes i will be like a lot of other aged people who live here will have to go without our medications. I drive now BUT not for long i have no family here.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-27 05:52:58","Email":"tuppence1billy2@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jessie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7305","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"706","Message":"My chemist has supported me in every way he can for thirty years and knows what I can and cannot take take or use ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-27 05:49:39","Email":"johnmcgrath44@icloud.com","FirstName":"John","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4285","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"704","Message":"I am an aged pensioner living at home with multiple medical problems and I rely heavily on our local chemist for my medications. I am virtually house bound, I cannot walk very far and chemist delivery is the only way I can access my meds. If my chemist is closed or downgraded it will have a negative impact on my health and the local community. I sincerely ask that this support is not jeapodised. I, and many other people rely on these services. 60-day dispensing is another rediculous Government Furby to save them money. What about the lives of the people who voted you in. Without us, the public, you wouldn't have a job. STOP this now before it escalates. Our Hospitals are overburdened as it is.\nMelita","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-27 01:56:01","Email":"melita.vassallo.11@gmail.com","FirstName":"Melita Vassallo","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7270","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"703","Message":"My local community pharmacy is my savior.  For a few years now I have suffered with a fear of leaving my home and rarely have since the pandemic began.  With some help of a professional, I was able to progress to getting in our car, and being driven short distances, but was still unable to get out of the car until it was back in the garage.  I emailed my local pharmacist (Elanora Heights) and explained the situation as I needed to get covid vaccinations and also flu.  He was so kind, and said if we drove to the rear of his pharmacy where the staff parking is, he would be happy to come down and vaccinate me in the car.  I have had 4 covid vaccines this way and 3 flu shots.  Without this community pharmacy and their wonderful service, I would be completely vulnerable to both illnesses as there was no other way for me to be vaccinated.  The pharmacist said that I am not the only person who requires this same service for multiple reasons.  They have to be able to continue this wonderful service and I feel it will be stopped if these changes go ahead.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-27 01:49:41","Email":"traci15@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Traci O\u2019Mara","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2101","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"702","Message":"I have just heard Montville Qld. Chemist will be closing due to the 60 Days Scripts, this means I will think twice in travelling to Montville for a holiday.  As a Chronic Asthmatic I need access to a chemist just in case.   Let alone the people of Montville's health will suffer. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 19:42:34","Email":"pearl@powerup.com.au","FirstName":"Jules Hans","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4102","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"701","Message":"My local pharmacy is vital to my health and that of my husband. No matter the problem, they are always there for us, reminding us when we need to get new scripts, when we are running low on medication. They even stand by us when we go on holidays and forget medication, forwarding scripts to a pharmacy where we are holidaying to ensure we are covered. They ensure we have access to the cheapest brand of our medication so we don\u2019t have to pay inflated prices because of a brand. Their medical advice is invaluable, helping us to know whether we need to see a GP or whether there is another solution. One of the problems that will arise with 60 day dispensing is when medication is changed without warning. What we already have will be wasted. If they have to limit hours because of this change there will be occasions when they will not be available when needed. They do a lot more than just dispense medications. Before a change of this magnitude is made, those of us who rely on them should be consulted. There will also be a loss of jobs for the younger generation who are currently employed on a casual basis, losing them the opportunity to learn important skills. We are not at all happy or supportive of this proposition. There is more at stake than saving money.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 13:48:27","Email":"keltrotas@gmail.com","FirstName":"Elaine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3136","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"700","Message":"I take 17 different medications daily.  These medications change depending on my health condition.  By introducing 60 day dispensing it will have significant impact on me. The cost alone will be detrimental. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 11:40:31","Email":"bbsdjk1961@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mr Jeffrey Vasey","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5345","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"699","Message":"There is one chemist on macleay Island 4184\nOr ferry , bus \/ car trip. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 10:53:31","Email":"pamelags48@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Pamela","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4184","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"698","Message":"My husband and I use the same pharmacy for our medications and we do not want to see that pharmacy have to reduce hrs or lose staff. My husband has cancer diabetes and a cardiac condition..I have high blood pressure and work in a stressful job so neither of us can afford to be without our medication. We also don't want to wait longer to reach the cut off limit where we get our scripts for free and 2 monthly dispensing will lengthen that time line to free meds ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 10:00:16","Email":"vanillabean@internode.on.net","FirstName":"Christina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5109","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"690","Message":"Hi,     I find it interesting that they mention in this article that city and regional are being effected by this. What happened to RURAL areas? Obviously we don't exist \ud83d\ude14. They always forget us. I'm sick of these beauracrats running this Nation. We should have those who know the details of how to run this land of OURS. They are out there and we should be listening to them and sack these baffoons ruining our country and Constitution.   Wendy. \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-26 00:53:37","Email":"wendymather1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Wendy Mather ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2371","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"688","Message":"I have been Mersey pharmacy for 40 years and am so grateful for the wonderful support they have given me. Terry, Ammon and all the staff are always there for me. I have chronic illnesses and without all of these great people who go out of their way to help me I\u2019d be lost without them. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 22:31:04","Email":"kerryholden@y7mail.com","FirstName":"Kerry ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7310","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"687","Message":"We are a small, ageing community and rely our pharmacies for our medical and mental wellbeing.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 11:07:40","Email":"debnicky@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Deborah Dorothy Mullins","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2347","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"686","Message":"Hi, my name is Holly and I\u2019m a Pharmacy Technician in a well established, stable, reliable pharmacy. The absolute stress relating to 60 day dispensing has made such an impact already. The customers have started attempting to stockpile after hearing various stories from the media about this causing a massive medication shortage. Store owners are having to make strategic staffing decisions until the fall out of 60 day dispensing can be established. We are all running on empty, pushed to the absolute limit in attempt to prepare for the absolute unknown.\nWhat does the future look like for a pharmacy assistant? \nSurvival of the fittest? \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 10:36:53","Email":"hollylouisekent@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Holly","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4501","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"685","Message":"Let's hold the government to account and stop them regarding the 60 day restriction. If that happens our community Pharmacy will loose jobs an cut opening hours. This would be unacceptable \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 05:27:18","Email":"cgreening48@gmail.com","FirstName":"Catherine Greerning","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5245","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"684","Message":"Very grateful my son can take his monthly injections at chemist after his work hours- injections require supervision in case of reaction.\n\nThis allows him not to loose work time and gives him his privacy not having to explain - if chemist were not available he would have to be supervised at  specialist office during their office hours and based on their availability.  Some jobs don\u2019t allow flexibility to take small time off due to rostering. \nOur chemist availability after hours is invaluable for my son.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 02:59:47","Email":"ctwalker@aapt.net.au","FirstName":"Christine ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3124","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"683","Message":"We are a small, ageing community and rely our  pharmacies for our medical and mental wellbeing.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-25 00:11:46","Email":"ssmith48@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Sandra Smith","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2546","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"682","Message":"My husband had a back operation and now has hurt his knee helping others. He is so busy helping others l have had to run out late at not only night but weekends and days to get his pain medication because he is so busy helping others he has forgotten time and looking after himself. As he works all around Brisbane and its environments a small town chemist are a lifeline to him for nurofen as well as for our children in the past while we travel. This new action of cutting small town help of medical facilities pharamcies is not a thoughtful or smart decision. I employ you to think again about this decision and do not change what God has provided but believe we are to be a nation that prospers and are in health as he as decreed and promised to all who believe. Thank you in advance. Be not decieved God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Any stealing killing and destoying of His wonderful works of men will bring on oneself the wrath of God. So please keep inline wirh God and His promises and this nation shall rise the the ediface it is to be and will be this 'Great South Land of the Holy Spirit.' \nMay God bless you and keep you all the days of yiur life. \nKerin Brown","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 23:01:20","Email":"kerinbrown1@outlook.com","FirstName":"Kerin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4123","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"680","Message":"I love in a rural remote area. In a small town. We have one pharmacy. My parents live in a smaller town. Still Lucky to have a pharmacy.. They rely on regular medication. My dad on Webster packs. They cannot drive. They can still be independent accessing they own medication without having to drive 30 minutes of those pharmacy's remained. \nIf I lost my pharmacy I would have to drive at least an hour if not more.\nWe lose pharmacy's we lose people we lose drs etc it has a flow on effect. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 18:58:01","Email":"brolga2829@gmail.com","FirstName":"Donna ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2829","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"679","Message":"I've been put on forezic order due to Asperger's syndrome and Siri the iphone app beta trying to kill me in 2011 it sent bad message to my dad several times and I didn't mean for this to occur I just wanted to go silent I don't think justice was survey I also need my pills for my depression over the mater as they think was secret bank account that not exist when tried explaining a BTC wallet to psychiatrists in 2011 they called me delusional and they're wrong but the diagnosis still linger so I get treated for something I don't have which just makes me sick and sleep 16hrs a day cause it's making me sleepy I hope you have a good day when I find a lawyer to fix this and your government payment me for 13years of hardship and then really need to try my injection and then see people in your work life hahaha lol","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 11:54:20","Email":"coinstalker@gmail.com","FirstName":"James William snow ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4013","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"678","Message":"I'm seriously a pensioner on a forezic order you really wanna take my medicine and my local pharmacy away for I haven't a car that means government has to injection me with ya value of medicine and there's no injection for antidepressants hope the coroner's inquiry will find this law amusing ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 11:36:48","Email":"coinstalker@gmail.com","FirstName":"James w snow","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4013","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"677","Message":"I know that manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals is set in stone 12 months in advance. Logistically this plan is totally fallible. We cannot maintain stock with these sudden changes. The implementation of this needs to be totally reconsidered.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 11:22:43","Email":"jaycmd@hotmail.com ","FirstName":"Jayson ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6100","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"676","Message":"I would benefit greatly from the change but I am more concerned about local pharmacies closing. I don't want to see that happen.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 09:10:34","Email":"eileenjenkins15@gmail.com","FirstName":"Eileen Jenkins","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2140","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"675","Message":"I have been diabetic on insulin for 40 plus yrs. 3 yrs ago diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Had a whipple operation  . Our pharmacy in small country area their staff fantastic support to all clients . My meds often change and 60 days scripts would be a mess . 30 days is a much better time slot.  Govt definitely doing the wrong step.  Leave as current 30 days only. I have spoken to many people and all do not want change to 60day.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-24 08:21:27","Email":"shearersquarterscleve@gmail.com","FirstName":"Shearer","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5602","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"673","Message":"I do not want this change, at all Having so many tablets in the house is dangerous and will druggies to do a lot more break ins which would be catastrophic especially t Oder people like our selves","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 23:46:54","Email":"missychook@gmail.com","FirstName":"Helen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6218","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"672","Message":"If our pharyoses we will have to travel 40km to the next nearest.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 23:13:15","Email":"yippeekihee@hotmail.gmail.com","FirstName":"Anna","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4605","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"671","Message":"I live in Monto Qld. There is one pharmacy,currently no doctor and when a doctor is working in Monto they only stay for a short period weeks or months. There is a small hospital. No dental services and residents must drive to Bundaberg or Brisbane to attend specialist clinics. The majority of x-rays are done at Biloea hospital an hour drive away where ultrasounds and catscans are done usually with a waiting lists. For residents able to get home care packages there is one provider in Monto Blue Care who are short staffed and offer limited services. Many residents are aged with multiple health issues and travelling long distances to see a specialist is difficult and costly. Even with patient travel rebate you have to wait six to eight weeks before it is deposited into your bank account and that's if you can drive.\n\nI am 69 years old with multiple health issues. I moved to Monto with my husband last October to a much cheaper house in need of a lot of renovation. We sold our home in nanango to pay off our mortgage and when our home was sold we paid cash for the house in Monto. I was under specialist care at Toowoomba hospital for years and didn't realise how difficult it would be to receive the medical treatment I needed in Monto.  This included mental health support which is also very limited in Monto.\nI am currently under a cardiology clinic at Bundaberg and Gastroenterology .A referral has been sent to orthopaedic clinic in Bundaberg and soon a referral will be sent for dermatology.  There is no liver clinic at Bundaberg hospital or kidney clinic so those referrals will go to Brisbane hospitals \nMy husband and myself receive a Centrelink aged pension and costs involved for travel and medicines and other necessities like vitamins etc not on PBS are very expensive.\nI was advised by doctors in Bundaberg in February when I was referred to catdiology in  order to receive the medical treatment and mental health support I need I would have to move to Bundaberg. At that time I was waiting for my husband to have hip replacement surgery and to recover enough to tow my caravan to a caravan park in Bundaberg . Thankfully he was able to finally have hip replacement surgery at Toowoomba hospital after four cancellations and is currently living with his daughter in Kingaroy to attend outpatient specialist appointments and physiotherapy. Once he is able to drive he will return to Monto and when physically able to tow my caravan I will be relocating to Bundaberg .He will continue to love alone in our home in Monto. We will have to separate due to illness. This situation is happening all over Australia in small regional towns where medical services are restricted or there aren't any.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 22:20:21","Email":"junejustin63@gmail.com","FirstName":"June Burtt","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4630","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"670","Message":"I was on a minimal medication for a condition I have after the Covid vaccinations it worsened dramatically I had to take 40 times the amount of stronger medication plus other hospital treatment was required to get it under control and the specialist kept talking surgery which there was a50\/50 chance of it being successful but could also have other complications thankfully it\u2019s under control now and have dropped back the medication to 20 times the amount as of the first less stronger medication required. The hospital treatment was required immediately to help reduce my condition but took 8 months to bring it under control ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 19:22:58","Email":"bazzaegypt@gmail.com","FirstName":"Barry","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6169","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"669","Message":"I work in a small local pharmacy. Pharmacies are going to wear the costs! Small pharmacies, esp in regional areas, will not survive, meaning many people will have to travel longer distances for their medications! Those with multiple annual scripts, pensioners and the chronically ill, will take longer to reach their safety net, so will likely be no better off financially! Services offered by Community pharmacies, such as free blood pressure taking, free advice, subsidized medication packs (Webster packs), even free gift wrapping, will all now need to come at a monetary cost to the customer, in order to help them survive, to service their local community! It is my understanding that the 60 day scripts will be optional, so if you would like to continue to have a local pharmacy to support, and you\u2019re happy to reach your safety net early in the year, maybe talk to your Dr, and request continuation of your current arrangement!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 11:33:16","Email":"rita.gawne@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Rita","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4751","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"668","Message":"My local pharmacy, Brassall Pharmacy has always been there for me . With advice and home deliveries over the last few years when I have had many episodes of illness  .RSV , Paraflu and several bouts of Lung infections . Though no Covid so far. I am a chronic and acute. Asthmatic so these services are vital for me . Also during the life of my parents (both passed away in last 2 years) Brassall Pharmacy  was so supportive with advice , home deliveries and a general kind and friendly approach. Which made life that little bit easier for family during the later part of their lives . As I had a lot of media attention in past during the life of my son Paul I would prefer not to have media attention. Otherwise I would be out there  shouting . \u201cRethink this decision\u201d you hastily put this up with little real consultation with those involved . Regards Lucia Mckee\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 05:08:24","Email":"luciamckee1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Lucia Mckee","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4305","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"667","Message":"The longford pharmacy for us has been very efficient and with friendly service always.We don't have any problems with getting out medication.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-23 03:35:03","Email":"waynewells2023@gmail.com","FirstName":"wayne wells","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7301","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"666","Message":"My concern is, when we go to a dr. we are given a script, many times we have to change it to another medication the next month as it doesn\u2019t agree with us. So my concern is if I get 2 mths only use 1 mth it is a waste for every one. The government should be trying to fix housing problems and leave chemist alone they  do a wonderful job for many of us.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-22 23:09:51","Email":"lyallie@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Fran","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2567","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"665","Message":"The government is suppose to work for us not destroy what we work hard for \ud83d\ude21","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-22 08:26:35","Email":"seedstoserendipity@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Rondah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4570","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"663","Message":"There has been a lot of media hype both normal and social lately on the role of community pharmacy, so I thought I might share what was a previous week for me personally in store.\nI meet a new customer Chris who has been experiencing high blood pressure. \nHe came in as his doctor wanted him to have a weeks worth of readings as he had recently started a new medication and needed to go back and show him the results, we do that free service here in store. \nAnother lady felt her heart racing. So we took her BP over a couple of readings over 30 minutes. It was high as well so we recommended she go round to her GP to run the results past the nurses there. We rang and explained the situation to the receptionist so they were aware, we don't ask for a fee for this.\nOne of our older ladies came in and was going to put some drawing ointment on what looked as a nasty skin lesson. With her carer looking worried we suggested instead that she contact her doctor. We asked who her doctor was and offered to try to get her an appointment. \nA man came in looking for eyedrops. After having a chat we rang our centre optometrist to see if they could have a look. He came back to tell us he had damaged his eye quite severely and was fortunate he had seen them before more damage had been done.\nA young lady with her mum came in for a blood pressure check. We asked if she was feeling unwell and mum said no they just couldn't get to see the GP so had a Tele health appointment and the doctor wanted her to send thru the results. She came back the next day because the doctor was concerned and wanted a few readings. \nThese are not unique days or events. Things like this happen each week and the wonderful team that I work with engage with our customers to help them. We don't charge for any of these things we do. We have pharmacists available for them at all times. No many other professions that give you free access and in a time within minutes that is accessible for patients. \nPlease allow us to continue to be an  important part of our communities. Please reconsider your rash actions in this matter.\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-22 00:08:02","Email":"jpsteresa@gmail.com","FirstName":"TERESA","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4161","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"662","Message":"Please sign this petition and keep supporting your local small pharmacies \u2018 \nI have a back condition that requires medication on a regular basis and sometimes my medication changes because it doesn\u2019t agree with and so forth , so I don\u2019t want to be stuck with 2 months worth of medication that I have to pay for and possibly not use , I refuse to go to chemistware as they make you wait too long so you might walk around and buy extra products from their store , I would much prefer to keep supporting my small family local chemists and we are very lucky we still have a few left ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-21 05:07:43","Email":"Angela.sciulli@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Anonymous ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7249","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"661","Message":"My husband and I have medical issues both cancer sufferers and depend on our local pharmacy  being in a small community and 100.s of ks from family we are extremely concerned re proposed 60day scripts. My family are also concerned for us. We often have advice from our pharmacy for many health issues .they keep us up to date with meds . Prepare our Webster packs that are a life saving item. In view of our age. We are also concerned re the younger families esp when they seek advice from pharmacies . Every person we have spoken in our community are all extremely concerned. What is the current government doing to all people through out Aust. We admire the friendliness with other Countries however we Australians need to be cared for esp for those with health issues in all fields. So what happens when scripts are changed and 60 days of meds are issued a total waste of meds.  Both my husband and I depend on local pharmacies for their dedicated work.  We urge govt to leave scripts as current and not change to 60days.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-21 01:27:44","Email":"shearersquarterscleve@gmail.com","FirstName":"Shearer","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5602","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"660","Message":"What is our world coming to? I am a pensioner ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-20 22:18:07","Email":"laniewhite12@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Elaine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4275","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"659","Message":"I have been retired from active employment for 15 or so years. I am now living in Bunbury the town where I was born.  I am type 1 diabetic and recently underwent cardiac surgery for aortic valve replacement and double bypass. My chemist\/pharmacy is close to my home and have proven very reliable and professional when servicing my prescriptions. I consider a change to the present practice for filling prescriptions and supply of medicines, as proposed by the government, not to be fully thought through. For example the waste when scripts are changed within the 60 days period. I would like to see more debate between all parties on the subject. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-20 11:06:47","Email":"normbazzo@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Norm","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6230","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"658","Message":"My husband and I are elderly and have my 92 yr old Mum living with us. We are at our Family Chemist regularly and weekends for advice and medications. We are very afraid of what this change will mean for our Family. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-20 10:13:07","Email":"ccjames1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Colleen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4224","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"655","Message":"I\u2019m a 44 yo female housewife. I\u2019ve had a serious back condition for my whole life. Since moving to pacific palms,nsw 2428!in 2013 I have attended the pacific palms pharmacy for all of my medication needs. They are only 8km 5 min drive otherwise it\u2019s 25km 30 min. They used to be open 7days, 363 days a year but have very recently had to begin to close on Sundays. This has negatively impacted not just myself but at least 10 mostly elderly ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-20 00:56:52","Email":"rebeccatricker@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rebecca tricker ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2428","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"654","Message":"I don't like having extra medications in people's households as this could lead to people overdosing.\nAlso I don't have the cupboard space.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-20 00:46:10","Email":"Maudon7@yahoo.com.au ","FirstName":"Maureen Hughes ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2428","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"653","Message":"As an 85 year old with heart disease and chronic conditions, I have depended on my local pharmacy to deliver medicines to my home when no-one was around to get them for me-e.g. Blooms delivered an prescribed antibiotic ear spray to my house today.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-19 09:49:04","Email":"dawnbwylie@icloud.com","FirstName":"Dawn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2620","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"652","Message":"Due to an industrial accident there are days \/ weeks where i cannot get out of the house and as my 2 children have passed in 2018 and 2019 i have to rely on people to get me to my doctor and pharmacist and as my medications are time sensitive i need them fresh each week and my pharmacy is the only one that will deliver on time EVERYTIME \nleave him alone","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-18 07:20:08","Email":"getalongguns@gmail.com","FirstName":"Philip","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3214","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"651","Message":"I have attached more signed petitions from Terrywhite Chemmart Warners Bay. We now have over 100 people signed from out pharmacy alone. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-18 02:47:19","Email":"warnersbay@terrywhitechemmart.com.au","FirstName":"Ben Weick","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2282","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"650","Message":"Due to demanding work hours, I can't always get to a pharmacy for my medication in standard time. I love that my pharmacy is open a little later and on weekends. \nWhen I was sick for an extended period of time, I couldn't see the doctor when I needed to, so I would ring or see a pharmacist for advice, they are like family.. they know what is happening, we need these people in our lives. LEAVE THEM ALONE ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-17 20:23:14","Email":"kezkat1971@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Anonymous ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7248","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"649","Message":"My family and I have relied on the Guardian Pharmacy in New Norfolk since my sister and I have been born. That is 19 years of using  the pharmacies services. Furthermore, my mum, sister and I were in a car accident in late February, and have needed the pharmacy for medications even more than before. My mum cannot travel far due to her significant injuries, and we are already suffering with the cost of living. So please, please, please reconsider this new government policy and help the people who are already suffering. We don\u2019t need anymore stress. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-17 07:46:34","Email":"annabellmiles14@gmail.com","FirstName":"Annabell Miles","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7140","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"647","Message":"Been with same WONDERFUL Chemist for over 35 years.  Just leave ALL Chemists ALONE. The ONLY people to benefit will be Government employees, as it will cut their work loads down.  In response, I am sure it will NOT reduce their wages, which is the complete opposite to Chemists, especially Rural outlets.....","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-16 23:21:29","Email":"dmargaret.knight@gmail.com","FirstName":"Dymphna Knight ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6056","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"646","Message":"My family have been going to Pagewood pharmacy (a small family owned) for many years. Dispensing our considerable amount of meds is only a small part of what Linda (owner) helps us with. We feel completely safe with her advice if we need it and trust her implicitly with our privacy etc. \nWe get Webster Packs for my 98 year old Mum and considerable medications for our medical conditions. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-16 09:52:27","Email":"shazaw@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"shaaron","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2035","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"645","Message":"I take a lot of medication aprox19.tablets  a day and one injection a week I collect my scripts every week if I'm unable to my  chemist will bring it to me everyone is so kind  even when I'm not well I go to my chemist first I couldn't go to another chemist my chemist is like family ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-16 03:02:31","Email":"pappinjanet70@gmail.com","FirstName":"Janetj","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7252","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"644","Message":"Medication is expensive. If you have chronic pain or illness medication is constantly evolving. My husband and I spend more money on medication than we do on food, petrol, or rent. 60 days means more expensive medication upfront. Also as the conditions change so do the medication required. Having this much medication would mean a lot of wastage as some of the medication will cause unlivable side effects. My pharmacy knows me and my husband and our complex needs and because of that rapport I feel much more comfortable asking about the more \"delicate\" aspects of being a woman and what other medications to support our health. Our pharmacy goes beyond customer service. Our pharmacy has customer connection and understanding. That is what a medical service is. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-16 00:52:37","Email":"tara_lightfoot@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Tara Melisse Ryot","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"643","Message":"I was lucky enough to \"discover\"the Towerhill branch of Neo Pharmacy in Frankston South 8 years ago, and what a discovery that was. They offered me an account and that has meant that all down the years, this amazing pharmacy has kept my scripts on file and I have been able just to pick up the phone and speak to trained and wonderfully helpful staff and ask to have whatever meds,  I need, to delivered to me, free of charge, Monday  to Friday.  \nTwo wonderful delivery ladies have battled the wind and the rain, the heat and the cold, to bring me (and a great number of my neighbours too) not only our meds but other items as well, not on file, with never a complaint and always with a smile and a cheery greeting.\nThe government has said that they are re-investing the savings they are making into community pharmacies.  This is simply not true in the case of Neo Pharmacy which will recieve not $1.\nWorse, its income will be cut by about one third.\nThe government did not consult the pharmacies before they decided to take action.  \nIs this fair?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-15 09:12:30","Email":"brendabash@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Brenda Price","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3199","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"642","Message":"I get my blister pack every  Friday  from my local chemist ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-14 07:13:55","Email":"alanmoret612@gmail.com","FirstName":"Alan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7320","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"641","Message":"Antidepressants the last 25 years have been a life saver. Literally. The last medication put me in a suicidal state. What will happen if I can\u2019t get my meds, after two days I start to shake and have to get to bed until i can get my script filled. I wont be around to see the fallout when this goes pear-shaped. How many heads will roll? Two suicides from Robodebt a disgrace. How many from this hair-brained scheme? If it was carefully thought out the Pharmaceutical industry and the Pharmacist would have been consulted.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-14 00:23:58","Email":"Lusmith2411@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Louise","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4503","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"639","Message":"Our local pharmacy at Nubeena, Tasman Peninsula has always gone above and beyond over the years to cater to my husband and myself. My husband was Ill for a number of years with a lot of ailments, but mostly diabetes and the chemists and staff were very helpful to us.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-12 08:16:03","Email":"kayew@skymesh.com.au","FirstName":"Kaye Williams","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7180","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"638","Message":"During Covid lockdown our local Pharmacist delivered prescriptions to our home very willingly. Both my husband and I require life-saving heart medications and without this service, we would have been without these medications.   .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-12 04:12:15","Email":"jdwarby@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Judy Warby","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2118","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"637","Message":"I have, on numerous occasions relied on Pharmacists to provide me with not only medications, but expert advice readily available.\nI commend each and every one of them on their high quality of care and expertise that they provide to the community.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 23:03:50","Email":"Rosalie.nayler@decyp.tas.gov.au","FirstName":"Rosalie Nayler","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7322","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"635","Message":"I need and want my pharmacist to be able to get my scripts when they are needed. I already have problems will some medications being in short supply so I don\u2019t need this situation to escalate and be out of control. It would affect my on going health problems. As an aged pensioner like others we all need our pharmacists assistance because of not being able to see a doctor when needed. Our pharmacists are our lifeline, especially in rural areas. Vicki Bond","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 07:44:10","Email":"vickijb@live.com","FirstName":"Vicki Bond","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2548","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"634","Message":"I rely heavily on my monthly Webster pack at my local pharmacy, for medication and consistency which relates to my heart failure incident I encountered a couple of years ago and as per the associated circumstances with my heart failure, the medication I am prescribed is essential to keeping my condition in check. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 07:27:04","Email":"greg.kirby1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Greg","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4216","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"633","Message":"we dont want our amazing local pharmacy to have to close due to loss of money due to changes in script dispensing","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 05:38:46","Email":"smurfem99@gmail.com","FirstName":"Erin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7303","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"632","Message":"Please do not the pharmacies in the Northbridge and Cammeray in Sydney NSW- we rely so on the pharmacists and their staff who are always willing to help-dont' be so selfish- fix the costs of living for everyone- not this way!!\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 02:28:00","Email":"hjoseph55@gmail.com","FirstName":"Helen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"1560","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"631","Message":"I am a pensioner and I need my medication every 28 days I am 76 and it cost $220 every 28 days\nMy pharmacies helps with with lots of other issues and advice when I can\u2019t see my doctor \nI see my pharmacist at\nLeast twice a week\nDianne Barker","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 01:07:44","Email":"diannebarker@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Dianne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3087","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"630","Message":"If they reduced opening hour and made it a 60 day descending it would totally muck up my pain meds \nAlso if it closed I would find it very hard to travel the hour and half to the nearest chemist to get my medications .\nMost of my medications you have to have an authority for and I do not like them being at home.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-11 00:36:33","Email":"sonyamanuela@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Sonya","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7184","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"629","Message":"I'm a Vietnam veteran and require a lot of medical service. I have found in the last 8 years that I have lived in Geeveston that the Geeveston Pharmacy's staff go to what ever length to ensure that my medications are  available and if necessary delivered in the best and fastest time. I feel they are like a part of my family to me. During the covid period they kept up due diligence and care for me and my wife during our confinement. I would be so sad to see anything curtail their kind and expert advice because of this proposal. We need this Pharmacy to maintain its practice and existing staff for the betterment of the Geeveston area. I say No to 60 day scripts.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-10 22:40:44","Email":"justbob.be76@gmail.com","FirstName":"Bob Etherington ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7116","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"628","Message":"We would all like cheaper of anything we have to buy. This policy looks like another case of a government been mean and trickery wedging pharmacist against patients. If its such a good idea the Government should pay for it.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-10 22:02:02","Email":"a-csevil@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Angus Sevil","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2339","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"622","Message":"Our local pharmacy  in mooroolbark ..best ever advise  100% sevice 100% friendliness  100%  concerns 100%  could not ask for more been going to same since they opened ..THANKYOU moroolbark pharmacy the best ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-09 07:27:54","Email":"stiveymarion@mail.com","FirstName":"Marion","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3136","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"619","Message":"I\u2019m 70 years of age and live in a rural area. I have both heart and lung condition which require various regular daily medications.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-08 21:17:02","Email":"dawn_douglas@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Dawn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2790","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"618","Message":"Stop being so greedy for crying out loud. You can\u2019t be crying poor when your paying your retail staff so little. Put yourselves in their shoes or that of every other poorly paid supermarket worker. Or perhaps the people who make your morning coffee for $20 per hour.\nI have no sympathy for you and your businesses. Your hardly scraping at the bottom of the barrel. Never met a pharmacist on struggle street.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-08 11:08:26","Email":"plw@live.com.au","FirstName":"Peter","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3178","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"617","Message":"I have altzimers and rely on the chemist for my Webster packs, they deliver the packs for me. I have many ongoing health issues. If I have any health issues I know the chemist will help me if I cannot get to the doctor ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-08 10:27:03","Email":"amenadue3@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Anne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5016","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"616","Message":"I wouldnt be able to keep up with the many medicines I take if it wasn't for my pharmacist's help and time. I am afraid I am already wasting the pharmacists time with all my questions and concerns, but I am more afraid they won't have time for me after this. My doctor is very hard to see and very expensive so I always go to my pharmacists who is FREE. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-08 08:02:25","Email":"jsestan@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Josip","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2070","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"615","Message":"The care my pharmacy provides for it's patients will be dramatically reduced when 60 day dispensing comes into place. We simply cannot maintain the same level of detail and thoughtfulness for each patient with less staff. Staff will be the first to go and unfortunately the easiest way pharmacies can find the money they need just  to survive. I wish this wasn't the case. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-08 07:59:17","Email":"bek.sestan@gmail.com","FirstName":"Bec","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2119","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"609","Message":"I'm the manager of Terrywhite Chemmart Warners Bay. \nWe have a lot of concerned patients at our pharmacy with the upcoming changes to dispensing. I have attached a copy of the petition signed by our patients. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-07 03:08:44","Email":"benjamin.d.weick@gmail.com","FirstName":"BEN WEICK","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2282","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"607","Message":"I rely on monthly home \ndelivery from my regional local pharmacy  .\nBeing incapable of going to shops alone d e pend heavily on this staff ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-06 22:50:40","Email":"lynniedarl@live.com.au","FirstName":"Lynne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2446","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"605","Message":"I have lived in this village for almost 5 years.\nOur pharmacy collect our scripts snd deliver the medication the same day. It is a great service from a very delightful family chemist. I will not require 60 day dispensing of my scripts.\nThank you\nJoan Harding","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-06 15:51:27","Email":"joanharding91@gmail.com","FirstName":"Joan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5112","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"594","Message":"the local pharmacy at south arm only just make a living as it is  . do not push this onto them. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-07-04 05:01:54","Email":"robert@fall.com.au","FirstName":"Robert Goyne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7021","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"576","Message":"I've been working in community pharmacy for over a decade and have just come back to work after having my first child. I am trying to navigate being a new mum while facing the prospect of being made redundant in a job I've made a career my entire working life. I don't have the capacity to study a different career avenue. What are all the highly trained and skilled pharmacy staff that will be made redundant supposed to do? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 13:43:37","Email":"sacilotto94@gmail.com","FirstName":"Laura","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4560","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"575","Message":"Spoke to local Terry white pharmacy ,riverside today ,they expressed major concern re 60 day dispensing,that would almost certainly lead to the closure of the riverside store .\nI believe we all should look at the bigger picture and resist this imposition on our local pharmacy .\nPlease sign all the petitions going around ,including the one in store ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 09:19:14","Email":"wheelerfifth@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"John","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5238","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"574","Message":"hello my elderly parents mum 90 and dad 92 are in aged care and got covid over the easter period in 2023.  We were able to get covid anti viral pills for dad at the pharmacy close to their aged care home at 9pm at night.  A week later we had to do the same for mum.  mum and dad recovered from covid thanks to the quick access to medicine from the local chemist,","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 06:32:23","Email":"cynthiaruth8@hotmail.com","FirstName":"cindy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4012","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"573","Message":"I have a complex genetic condition and constantly seeing my gp can be costly. My fabulous community pharmacy (that I\u2019ve been going to for nearly 10 years) are always there to help me fit a brace, find the best pain relief or help me easily keep track of my medication. The 60 day dispensary will make managing mine and countless others\u2019 chronic illnesses even more expensive and unmanageable. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 05:20:20","Email":"katemonroe1215@gmail.com","FirstName":"kieran ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4101","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"572","Message":"I\u2019ve been going to the same community pharmacy for nearly 10 years, they help us track all out of family\u2019s prescriptions, give great advice when we can\u2019t see a gp and are always open when we need them. I once fainted in this pharmacy and the staff were quick to get my comfortable, give me privacy and arrange an ambulance. Next time I was in, they were sure to check on me and ask how I\u2019m doing, in short, they were phenomenal. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 05:14:28","Email":"katemonroe1215@gmail.com","FirstName":"anon","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4575","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"571","Message":"\nYes, most people existed for 60-day medication dispensary, but that will cost us more than we get now!\nFor me, it means I will not have an access to my pharmacist if I need any advice, I don\u2019t want to wait hours at doctor\u2019s clinic to get that same advice. Also, I don\u2019t want to be in a giant pharmacy that only stock products with no access to a health professional when I need. \nWe really don\u2019t want to miss the fair competition in our health system and end up with one or two giant pharmacies!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-30 01:15:33","Email":"Afrah-80@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Afrah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7025","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"569","Message":"Auto immune disease and am only permitted 14 days medication only after a blood test I'll not survive or constantly in hospital","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-29 08:25:34","Email":"ashanh34@wearecuriousminds.com","FirstName":"ash","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3000","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"568","Message":"My pharmacy and pharmacist  are well aware of my needs having to wait 2 months for medications will severly impact my life because some medications are comming in 60 pills some in 40s some 10s 20s 30s so having to juggle all this and then my pharmacy not having a delivery driver any more i have to get into town 20 miles away ots very difficult as i cannot drive anymore due to surgery its very much a great imposition for the chemist and difficult for myself \nThankyou ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-29 00:13:15","Email":"getalongguns@gmail.com","FirstName":"Philip","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3214","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"567","Message":"My pharmacist reminds me to get new scripts.  Rang me at 7pm as my gp faxed a script for antivirals.  He asked if I needed them dropped off.  What fabulous service,","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-28 13:55:44","Email":"woo48@icloud.com","FirstName":"Wendy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6159","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"566","Message":"Fifty years of friendly service, prescription advice and helpful free delivery  from my trusted local pharmacy is invaluable and I certainly don\u2019t want to lose that at this stage of my life.   Please save our local pharmacy. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-28 12:06:33","Email":"cheripay5@gmail.com","FirstName":"Merilyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3107","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"565","Message":"I have worked in Pharmacy for just on 15 years   the last few years with Covid have been extremely challenging with us being FRONTLINE ! Our purpose is to assist the Public with any Health Concerns they may have and provide them their medications . The last couple of years have been very challenging with Supply Issues ! Now to introduce this 60DD on top is ridiculous !! It is unfair to the patients that will have to miss out whilst others have too much ! Some people will overdose , this is really going to create more problems for the Govt ! Now if this is also to go through some of us will lose our jobs , more unemployment , shorter opening times , not good for the public , some will have to shut their doors, things that were once free like taking someone's blood pressure etc and some free services will now have a charge ! So who does this really help! Certainly NOT THE PUBLIC!! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-28 11:36:20","Email":"kazzajonezy1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Karen Jones","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6168","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"564","Message":"I take 4 prescription medications  and would be very ill without them . ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-28 06:43:03","Email":"kymp1620@gmail.com","FirstName":"Kym","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2549","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"563","Message":"We need our local Pharmacy to help our community ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-27 22:19:34","Email":"Paddycoonan@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Paddy kassulke","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4273","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"562","Message":"I'm a pharmacy student and work as a dispensary assistant. There's a very real chance that if 60 day dispensing is introduced, I could lose my job. I have a daughter to support and living costs have never been so high. I just hope the government considers people like myself that will be impacted by this policy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-27 13:16:08","Email":"tyler.b.harrison@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tyler Harrison ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2529","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"561","Message":"In a small town like the one where I live, the pharmacy is part of the foundation of our society. The chemists and staff are part of the community support systems that is needed most by the people who can\u2019t access such services outside of the area. They are caring and supportive. Their viability is essential ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-27 01:43:24","Email":"jennylennox@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Dorothy ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4380","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"560","Message":"Auto immune disease and am only permitted 14 days medication only after a blood test I'll not survive or constantly in hospital ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-27 00:42:53","Email":"crandall3@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Christopher","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4800","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"559","Message":"I am a very concerned Pharmacy owner that will not be able to survive the impact of 60DD policy with the cuts to my professional service fee.\nI have been servecing my community over 27 years working extended hours .I had my doors open during COVD Risking my own life ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-26 01:19:41","Email":"sallyspharmacy@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Sally","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2141","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"558","Message":"I\u2019ve been on a community program for a while now and this change may force my pharmacy to reconsider running the program this will drive drug addiction crime and people back to hospital clinics where I\u2019ll have to mix in circles I don\u2019t wish to this will cause problems in the community not solve them ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-25 02:20:29","Email":"mickfogarty@y7mail.com","FirstName":"Michael","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2168","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"557","Message":"I am worried the some of my medication ,will be in a worse supply if 60 day , than it is now .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-23 10:50:39","Email":"douglas_d68@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Douglas Don","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3956","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"556","Message":"Dear Reader,\n\nI have been a cardiac patient for 19 years. I heavily rely on my pharmacist because I need my medication to live. Sometimes I have an awful asthma attack and I need extra medication. My pharmacist is wonderful to talk to and helps me sort out all my medications. \nPlease ensure they\u2019re available for all doctors prescriptions and genuine, professional advice.\nThe pharmacy offers medication at different prices, so talking to them in these hard times has become somewhat essential to me.\n\nThanks for your precious time,\n\nKindest regards, MrsG","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-23 06:15:56","Email":"vanessaforester72@outlook.com","FirstName":"Vanessa ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3781","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"555","Message":"I live in Kensington NSW and have Type II Diabetes. For a few years now, I have used the Ozempic pen which I was prescribed. Currently, I am finding it difficult to even get a pen. This 60 day dispensing proposal would make issue far worse than it already is.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-23 06:10:58","Email":"alee7533@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ryan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2033","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"553","Message":"The current prescriptions are issued for 1 month only. I was pleased when it was announced that it would be changed to 2 months, which I consider to be much more convenient. BUT I was assuming we would pay for 2 months. Myself and many others I'm sure would be happy to do this. To get 2 for the same cost is surely a big loss to the pharmacy. Make the availability for 2 months supply but pay for them both is surely a fairer way for all concerned\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-23 01:14:31","Email":"sjennings1@westnet.com.au","FirstName":"Shirley Jennings","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6333","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"551","Message":"MY CONCERN IS- seriously ill people with high quantities of prescription opioids\/medications in their homes, become very soft targets for home invasion. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 23:39:48","Email":"Kaye.baker@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Kaye Baker","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3156","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"550","Message":"I need my Webster packs and deliveries to continue. I am concerned about cost increases if this policy goes through. I rely on this service from my pharmacy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 23:37:41","Email":"tanyadurietz@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tanya Durietz","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4819","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"549","Message":"We have used the same pharmacy for fifty years and now we are elderly are well served and looked after. The pharmacy is not one of a big chain but a small excellently run pharmacy. I know we will not be looked after so well if this small, caring pharmacy should close. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 11:54:53","Email":"Cleverleys@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Sylvia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6041","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"548","Message":"I am on a medication that you cant just stop suddenly or swap it with something else so if I am unable to get this medication when I need it I will become quite sick! Then what??  I\u2019m sure I am not the only person with in this predicament either! \n\nAlso after doing the impact test I am going to be highly impacted by this if it is passed!  \n\nNot positively either! Not only do I have a child\/family who will be impacted, I have parents and in-laws in nursing homes who will be negatively impacted by this decision! \n\nThe final reason I don\u2019t want this passed is the negative impact it\u2019s going to have on pharmacies and pharmacists who we need in order to dispense the medication in the first place!! This is going to cost so many jobs which will in turn have an effect on our economy! \n\nI worked in Pharmacy for 8 years when I was younger and I remember that the government was always making terrible decisions related to pharmacy without consulting pharmacists and business owners first. Unfortunately I feel that this is another!!! Please please don\u2019t pass this as it\u2019s going to negatively impact more people than it will help!! \n\n\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 11:28:42","Email":"angetassell@gmail.com","FirstName":"Angela","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3146","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"547","Message":"Sometimes it\u2019s trial and error with medication, why would I need to receive an oversupply of medication, that may need to be disposed of if not working ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 09:34:28","Email":"irene572@outlook.com","FirstName":"Irene","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2160","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"541","Message":"I value the role the pharmacies play in the community. They offer me advice on any medical issue which is extremely helpful as getting into a GP these days is difficult and their advice is there free of charge most hours of most days. Albo, lift your game and stop expecting pharmacist carry your sad NDIS can you're responsible for!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 08:38:40","Email":"philowentas@gmail.com","FirstName":"Phil Owen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7017","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"537","Message":"I rely on my local pharmacy for regular supply of medications prescribed. I would be in difficulties if I did not have a reliable supply","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 07:56:25","Email":"gilberterrol@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Errol Gilbert","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3556","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"535","Message":"I live in a small isolated town in the Northwest of WA and rely on our local chemist who are doing a fantastic job in catering for the community needs ,Any changes to what they are currently achieving would badly effect our town and the tourists needs as we are 1300 kilometres from Perth central, ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 06:04:08","Email":"briskyp@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Peter","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6707","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"533","Message":"I think that there will be a lot of unnecessary medication being dispensed. Something the Gp\/ specialists want to trial a medication, sometimes somebody is elderly and might only have weeks\/ months to live, a patient might end up with an allergic reaction and many other reasons why somebody shouldn\u2019t be supplied with a 2 months worth of medication . In some cases when it is  a long distance to a pharmacy ( eg rural) I would be happy to have 2 months worth of meds  dispensed. Or when somebody is going on holidays ( regulation 24). Otherwise I think this now idea will result in a much higher Medicare levy in the long run. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-22 04:02:21","Email":"soetens@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Janine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4055","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"530","Message":"My husband is 80 and I am 74 we love our pharmacy. They have been really good to us. I would hate to see that change. It is working well now so why change it. We may safe a few cents but what is that to great people losing there jobs. We cannot allow this to happen . ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-21 22:42:25","Email":"phyllis.cullion@sky.com","FirstName":"Phyllis","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2063","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"528","Message":"My husband quite frequently needs a change in medication especially blood pressure meds. With 60 day dispensing this could mean we have excess of medicine to destroy. We will have paid for the medication which we can\u2019t use. Chemists will only be paid the single fee per 2 months and not each month therefore people will not reach the threshold limit either and the chemists close down.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-21 06:55:56","Email":"lizzieleath54@outlook.com","FirstName":"Liz","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6230","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"526","Message":"I\u2019m elderly and live in a regional Qld.  I regularly rely on local chemist for health advice","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-21 01:13:28","Email":"mic.wendy@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Wendy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4564","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"525","Message":"We  live in Barham NSW and our Bendigo Bank Agency is closing now they want to jeopardise our local pharmacy.  We have trouble enough keeping doctors and any other businesses,  They are trying to make-our towns in regional  Redundant and care about the cities","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 21:44:01","Email":"hedland09@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Colin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2732","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"524","Message":"My husband has a degenerative neurological disease, as they can\u2019t figure out what it is he just has to medicate to a safe level. This will actually cost his life. He is 36. And we\u2019re about to have our 3rd baby\u2026\u2026 wouldn\u2019t of gotten pregnant if we knew this was happening. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 21:11:48","Email":"solar.shadow@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Nikki","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4365","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"523","Message":"I work in local pharmacy. It's our jobs and the extra services we provide like health checks , delivery, pharmacists, pharmacy and dispense staff etc.. that may be cut back in future. We are a big chemist and Hopefully we may survive but the small regional ones may not .The ones that are supplying you with prescriptions which otherwise you will have to travel further too  it all sounds convenient and cheaper and I for one rely on that too but it's going to impact the community more than we think .The Pharmacy group hasn't been consulted and talked to first with this choice...all I wish for... is delay decision till you sit down with Pharmacy Guild and compromise or discuss the implications and ideas to move forward.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 09:43:39","Email":"foxygr68@gmail.com","FirstName":"Gina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7315","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"522","Message":"I agree 60 dispensing will cause waste and can be dangerous. You are reducing packet sizes of paracetamol for safe and better health. But increasing prescription medication sizes ,it doesn't make sense. 60 day dispensing will cost our country more and reduce our healthcare options as pharmacies can not supply free services eg delivery, blood pressure, questions about medinces etc..  Community pharmacies will struggle to keep there doors open and close. So more Doctor visit  again costing our country more. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 08:52:50","Email":"bronwynpeters63@gmail.com","FirstName":"Bronwyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2517","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"521","Message":"I feel it is a bad move it allows far more medications to be in the homes of a different walks of life. I am in a situation whereby my husband has progressive dementia. It's hard to watch him with his medications. Our local pharmacy have been so helpful with our medications and Webster packs. Pharmacists are just as important as a Doctor. They give of their time to explain medications and their contra indications etc. I think it is a disgraceful move.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 08:34:33","Email":"Thebryants00@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Dawn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2234","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"520","Message":"I dont want to get 60 days worth of medicines unless travelling. Especially  at expense of country or small pharmacys closing in country or smaller areas ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 06:14:02","Email":"sharronvp@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sharron","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6180","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"519","Message":"Recently I have been placed in an aged care facility as I was assessed as unable to care for myself. I have been diagnosed with chronic heart disease, liver cancer and I am diabetic. I rely on my multiple medication being delivered to me. I am in no position to travel any distance to have my prescriptions filled. I have always used my local pharmacy who got to know me and my health issues. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 04:23:09","Email":"gknourse@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Jeff Nourse","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3002","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"518","Message":"Both over 80  need our  Chemist who is aware of  our  needs. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 03:18:30","Email":"bevton3@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Richards","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5168","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"517","Message":"Been with our Pharmacy for over 30 years they know uz a d our needs, go all ouf to help. Dekiver as we do not drive anymore , have a grear relationship - we elderly need them to be cc there for us.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-20 00:36:54","Email":"willans43@outlook.com","FirstName":"Tricia ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6023","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"516","Message":"Our local pharmacy delivers to patients, is super patient with everyone and knows my name. They are simply awesome and no reward program could replace them ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 23:45:46","Email":"stephen.alison@bigpond.com ","FirstName":"Alison","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6148","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"515","Message":"Local pharmacy knows you well and serves you well.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 23:28:34","Email":"carolwood.barton@gmail.com","FirstName":"Carol","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2536","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"514","Message":"I don\u2019t go to far these days Snd my local pharmacy is very important to me and I would like to stay at 30 day scripts as my medication dosage might change and then I\u2019m stuck with all these pills .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 21:02:27","Email":"lillianbeaumont1946@gmail.com","FirstName":"Lillian","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4006","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"513","Message":"Hon. Milton Dick,\nDear Sir, I think this Pharmaceutical change would be very bad for communities everywhere if it causes so many pharmacies to close and the remaining ones to be open for less hours. I and my husband are in our seventies and have several co morbidities and sometimes we need medications after hours but if they are all going to be having to close earlier, it will put us all at risk. Also if the medications cost more at two monthly intervals, we may not be able to pay for them on our limited Pension Budget! After hours Pharmacies are very important for everyone but especially to those with chronic conditions or sudden onset illnesses. It will affect everyone detrimentally, and the Chronically ill more so! Please could the Govt carefully reconsider these pharmaceutical changes! Thankyou for listening!  Sincerely, Esther Ingram. \n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 12:56:24","Email":"lauresther@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Esther","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4300","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"512","Message":"60 day dispensing means I have more meds. More meds means it\u2019ll be easier for me to kill myself now, thanks Albo. I can die in September and not when it ends. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 10:21:53","Email":"jshel98@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jonty ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4105","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"511","Message":"My local pharmacy is about half an hours drive away. We as pensioners can't afford the extra monies to buy our medicines as we have a set budget ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 06:10:56","Email":"annmoy1727@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ann","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4699","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"510","Message":"My medication is so hard to get now. It is necessary for my diabetes. Please dont make it harder.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-19 00:33:08","Email":"karen06walker@gmail.com","FirstName":"Karen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7250","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"509","Message":"Suzan is on KEPRA for her seizures. Suzan also has many other medications for Huntingtons.\nI would like to pick up ALL scripts at 1 time, not as each script falls due \nThis causes me to do 2 or 3 trips a per script to complete the script.\nYankalilla has to order some of Suzans script on my 1st trip as KEORA is not always available and we can wait up to a week before it's available.\nOur chemist us in Yankalilla and that's a 148 klm ROUND TRIP.\nsometimes requiring 2 trips per script on Opioids and KEPRA \n\nPLEASE HELO PEOPLE LIKE US WHO FEEL WE WILL BE DISADVANTAGED BY THIS MIVE \nThank You ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-18 21:50:48","Email":"kirkgibbons102@gmail.com","FirstName":"Kirk","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5204","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"508","Message":"I am one of many travellers enjoying this beautiful country. We all rely on country and rural pharmacy services while travelling. It would put many people at risk of poor health outcomes if pharmacies in small country towns are forced to close due to reduced income from prescription medicines. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-18 09:37:26","Email":"kmsataylor@gmail.com","FirstName":"Karen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4655","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"507","Message":"I have battled cancer since 1994, had several recurrences to 2000 when I had an autologous bone marrow transplant, during which I suffered a heart attack. Following my blood recovery I was able to have CABG\u2019s x 5. I have since had a further 3 heart attacks.\nAlthough I\u2019m currently in remission from the NHL, my body suffers the effects of the extensive chemotherapy. \nI follow instructions from my oncologist and have a CT scan annually, and in late 2017 I presented with a foggy spot on my right lung and in 2018 I had a lower lobe resection at RPA Sydney. During that episode I had a PET scan which revealed prostate cancer for which I am doing active surveillance rather than having surgery.\nNeedless to say I rely heavily upon my local Pharmacist (Kooringal Pharmacy Wagga Wagga) who have been a tower of strength for me supporting and supplying the various medications that I rely heavily upon.\nMy life as a pensioner is hard enough, and much dependent upon the entire medical community . Any changes or intervention by the Government are totally unacceptable.  \nThe system has been working quite well so if it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t try to fix it!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-18 09:25:01","Email":"mojo.26@outlook.com","FirstName":"John Davies ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"506","Message":"There's a lot if elderly in Tara Queensland along with a lot of younger members that have mental issues and are on medication. I also need medication that is life long for me. It takes 25 minutes driving time to get into the township and that's the closest pharmacy also. \nWe have rights to our medication plus we are also desperately needing doctors as they seem to be taking that privilege away also.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-18 04:12:15","Email":"salempuss.gr@gmail.com","FirstName":"Gypsy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4421","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"504","Message":"Our local Soul Pattinson Pharmacy has looked after our prescriptions and medications for over 30 years! My husband and I are disabled pensioners. Any change to their usual services that we receive would be hard for us to handle at our age.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-16 05:04:16","Email":"suemacas@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sue","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3825","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"503","Message":"I work in a community pharmacy and I'm very concerned and the knock on effect it will be for not being able to be paid and my fellow workers losing their jobs and how because there are so many medications shortages which is only going to make it worse ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-15 22:23:27","Email":"mckercherj@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Jill","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4164","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"502","Message":"60 day dispensing: DITCH THIS THOUGHTLESS STUPIDITY! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-15 04:16:41","Email":"stephanietaylorjones@outlook.com","FirstName":"Jacqui Roberts","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3579","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"501","Message":"I have worked in our little pharmacy for 11 years (yikes \ud83d\ude05), in that time I have never felt the future of our pharmacy was under threat, until now. \nWe are already experiencing a medicines shortage, and overnight that will exacerbate, as we (and every other pharmacy in the country) attempt to supply 60 days worth of medication to *everyone*, it just simply will be impossible and some customers will be turned away because we just don\u2019t have enough medication to go around anymore. \nOur pharmacy will also take a significant financial hit. Essentially our profit will be halved. Which to me feels slightly selfish to bring up, but it will cripple us, it will affect our day to day business and therefor affect you, our customers. We will be forced to reassess our staffing levels, our business hours, our prices on non prescription items, our prices on private prescription items, our fees on in store services and more, as we attempt to keep our pharmacy alive. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-15 04:13:00","Email":"stephanietaylorjones@outlook.com","FirstName":"Steph","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3579","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"500","Message":"Chemists like my local one will not be able to hold sufficient stock to supply ALL customers. I worry about small rural towns. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-15 04:08:41","Email":"stephanietaylorjones@outlook.com","FirstName":"Mel Leece-Roberts","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3579","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"498","Message":" Our 2 Pharmacies are very important part of our town. Aged persons, and all residents rely on them.  Also supply of so much medication requires room for storage. This amount can be dangerous and confusing to some people. There also the waste of medication when someone has their medications changed in that 60day period.  It doesn't help any consumers and can have potential for drug mix up by some. The government needs to seriously rethink this.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-14 22:57:02","Email":"Trish.smith011956@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Trish","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3550","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"494","Message":"My health well-being relies on continued availability of my medication. Don't change anything.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-14 06:04:39","Email":"mnjward@gmail.com ","FirstName":"M. WARD","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2546","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"491","Message":"I am concerned about the government\u2019s 60 day dispensing policy and the effects it will have on health care.\n\nI rely on my local pharmacy to deliver medication to my home as I have limited mobility and the carer I have only comes on certain days. I take many medications for my chronic conditions and rely on my local pharmacy.\n\nThe introduction of the 60 day dispensing policy looks good at first in saving me money but looking closer at the ramifications to myself I will be worse off. As I reach the safety net level each year I have a great proportion of the year when I don\u2019t pay for my medication, the 60 day dispensing policy will delay this and shorten the time that I will receive my medication for free, thus for the year I will actually pay the same amount for my prescription medication.\n\nBut because my pharmacy will be worse off ( as they will be funding this government initiative from their own pocket ) their services that were free or at a reduced cost, such as free deliveries will no longer be available. Their longer trading hours and public holiday trading will be reduced or no longer sustainable and it will affect people like myself the most. In fact my pharmacy delivered some medication to me today on the Kings Birthday public holiday.\n\nI really do need the government to look at this policy to make it work without affecting the vital services that our local pharmacy provides.\n\nRegards\n\n\nFaye \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-13 06:22:06","Email":"eastlakes@wholelife.com.au","FirstName":"Faye Irvine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2032","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"490","Message":"As both a Pharmacy Assistant and a patient of my local community pharmacy, I am terrified for what this policy threatens to do.  Not only for myself but for the business and care of everyone that utilizes our free and accessible healthcare advice.  I suffer chronic pain caused by endometriosis and a multitude of mental health conditions that make every day life hard.  I am at the GP or specialist on a weekly basis which has already become increasingly hard to access, leading to increased health anxiety.  This policy will not make my medicines cheaper if I am made redundant at my workplace as Community Pharmacy's across the country try to remain financially viable after a substantial cut to their core funding model.  The media representation of this issue has been incredibly disappointing, sharing miss-information and silencing the voices of the people on the ground floor.  The medication shortage in this country is genuinely scary.  I have to tell multiple patients a day that their medication is unavailable in some way shape or form.  Whether that's someone who is sensitive to generics and requires a particular brand of medication, a child who can't swallow a capsule when their antibiotic suspension is unavailable, or someone with low vision who relies on the same brand being available in order to identify their pills.  There are so many better and more effective ways of saving people money as we head for a recession that don't endanger jobs and threaten an entire industry.  Under the proposed model, those who are most vulnerable will be the worst impacted.  Community Pharmacy is one of the only places left to go to get free healthcare advice and we're seeing people access these services more and more frequently.  A workplace that once gave me hope and  stability in an increasingly doomed world is no longer an escape.  It feels as though we're being handed blow after blow after blow.  A female dominated industry that worked so hard throughout the pandemic only to be deemed insignificant by our elected government.  For every Community Pharmacist and staff - keep fighting the good fight, your work is valued and important, even if the people in charge can't see it until it's too late.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-12 10:42:18","Email":"emilysberry@gmail.com","FirstName":"Emily ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7009","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"488","Message":"Had serious blood clots couldn\u2019t get to the hospital or doctor for treatment so doctor contacted the pharmacy and the pharmacist was able to instruct me how to inject the medication needed for immediate treatment ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-11 07:16:35","Email":"davidrobert1954@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rob","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3758","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"486","Message":"My husband has peripheral nerve damage in both his feet and Copd, I suffer depression, anxiety and very painful ostheo arthritis, government needs to WAKE UP. We don't want to take medication every day and night but sadly we need them.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-07 01:47:08","Email":"prosserisaiahpriscilla@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Thelma ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3356","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"485","Message":"My pharmacist  Soul Patterson Westbury is the best chemist and staff that has ever looked after me and my husband. We get free delivery when sick and wonderful service. They are searching at the moment for a special product I need so I don't have to trapes around to other chemist. My medication always  reaches the safety net in 6 months which means it is free for the latter 6 months. What concerns me if you get double the amount that means you go to a doctor less times to have your conditions kept  in check  this is a worry. I would be devastated if my chemist closed down so please labour government  listen to the pharmacist and the people for better advise. I've already lost my doctor due to stupid beurocratic bundling in the health system and now travel 35mins to another doctor don't let me have to do the same for a pharmacist.  Listen to your people.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-06 05:40:45","Email":"stevosbjs@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sheola","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7291","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"484","Message":"It\u2019s all over the news, you\u2019ve seen it, you\u2019ve heard about it. What you may not realise until it\u2019s too late, is that this WILL affect our store ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-06 05:00:40","Email":"stephanietaylorjones@outlook.com","FirstName":"Steph ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3579","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"483","Message":"I am a community pharmacist who has worked in a rural community for most of my 30 years as a health professional. The misinformation surrounding the 60-day supply is really concerning me.\nFirstly, the two-month supply of some medications is not going to reduce the frequency of doctor visits. A script for standard medications is valid for 12 months. A doctor will usually write the script for a six month supply. This means that the patient must renew their script every 6months. Therefore expecting to have two GP visits per year. By having two months supply provided will make no difference to this. Also, there has been a pathway available within the PBS for prescribers to write a script for these common medications that can cover a whole year but less than 5 % of prescribers use this option.\n\nIt is also promoted that their will be less need for people to visit their pharmacy. I cannot understand how this is promoted as a positive. We are the most accessible health professionals available in a rural community. We are open on weekends and public holidays when there are NO doctors open.\nWe are the only place available for people to get help, ask for advice or be referred to a higher level of care when required. Many of these services are free.  Early interventions in health care have proven to be a cost effective method for the community at large and we are part of that process. \nAnother issue skipped over is that it will take much longer for people to reach their medication Safety Net, or the \"free list\" as more commonly known. So for the person who reaches their \"limit\" in June this will now occur in December.\nIf the changes go ahead, I'm sure pharmacy will survive, because I have faith in my profession, but there will be huge challenges. Data projections are  showing a typical pharmacy can expect to lose between $200000 and $500000. Currently we offer many free services such as delivery, weekly Medication packs to over 150 people, and essential screening services .  How we will be expected to continue providing these services is concerning. The losses incurred can only negatively impact our ability to remain open after hours, our workforce ( 28\/30 of whom are female) and our services.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-05 06:45:24","Email":"adeledannals@gmail.com","FirstName":"DG","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7109","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"482","Message":"My son mentally challenged in that his brain turns his heart off. He goes away into the bush and has to take pack medicine with him. I feel this new 60 day law cojld put him in danger if unable to access.\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-05 04:34:43","Email":"noelghuxham@gmail.com","FirstName":"Noel Huxham","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4860","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"480","Message":"My child contracted a Urinary Tract Infection, and due to the shortages, it was extremely difficult to find the liquid antibiotics that she needed. She spent an extra (unnecessary) night on the toilet in pain and missed an extra day of school. This is unacceptable!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-03 00:47:00","Email":"Justforthebride@gmail.com","FirstName":"Nicole","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2913","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"479","Message":"For those thinking this policy won't cost patients any more - THINK AGAIN! What you haven't been told is that pharmacies have already started to raise prices of products as a DIRECT RESULT of this poorly thought-out labor government policy. And I am advised this is just the beginning - services will be next. This will do nothing to decrease the cost of living in Australia. Pharmacies and patients deserve better. Certainly not a poorly informed policy such as this. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-02 09:10:40","Email":"at111@consultant.om","FirstName":"Anonymous","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4000","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"478","Message":"I have A\/F and need 4 different types of tablets all are packaged in 28 or 30 or 60 tablet amounts ,change the dosage to 30in each box. Smarter idea.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-06-02 04:30:46","Email":"whitecaps163@gmail.com","FirstName":"Peter","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2250","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"476","Message":"I am 58 and 6 months old,I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 21 and 9 months in 1986.\nThe Treatment I'm on is\nGlenda 500mcg (Fingolimod HCL) Capsules.\n\nGraves disease (Hyperactive Thyroid ) \nOver-active,in mid 90s.\nOver the years it had switched to (Hypoactive)\nUnder-active.\nI'm on Oroxine (Levothyroxine) 75mg.\n\nDuo-trav Eye drops for my Glaucoma.\n\nAPO-Atorvastatin 10mg\nfor my high cholesterol.\n\nMirtazapine 30mg for my depression.\n\nDiazepam 5mg for my\nAnxiety.\nEven though most of these Medications if not all aren't on the short supply list.\nBut I do have to say that my Pharmacist of 24 years,did have trouble at  one point there with my MS Meds\nAbout a year or so ago,\nhe did everything he could to get me that Monthly supply for 28 days,lucky I had a week supply.\nI really can't afford having any of these meds in short supply's.\nOr,even what other meds I'm put on in the near future.\nOur elders and the future generations will need our Pharmacists and their Teams.\nWe'd be all lost without them, with all their knowledge to help us all with all our needs. \nPlease save all our Pharmacy's,their a Family of their own. \n\nI'm sticking to have all my Perceptions dispensed one month at a time as usual.\nAnonymous \n\n\n\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-31 09:24:56","Email":"robbis.redducati@gmail.com","FirstName":"Robyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3150","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"475","Message":"I am worried that the recent decision for 60 day dispensing undermines importance of the pharmacist\u2019s role in society today. Having lived abroad and noticed how other health systems operate, it is becoming increasingly obvious that due to GPs shortages and long waiting times at hospital the role of the local pharmacy has become absolutely vital in serving the community. This new regulation is likely to increase the financial burden on our local pharmacists and result in staff cutbacks, reduced hours and in general a poorer service. I appreciate what the government are trying to achieve but they\u2019re going about it in completely the wrong way. It\u2019s a very shortsighted proposal and will not solve the problem long-term . Please rethink it. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-31 02:30:22","Email":"hobsonpeter@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Peter","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2096","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"474","Message":"My pharmacy, Mullanes, Oatley West is so important to me and my family and the community. These people go above and beyond what's required of them. They have supported me through my serious health battles, always there for me.\nAt times ersonally delivering medications to the elderly who live alone, at times preparing some tea and toast to an unwell elderly lady, who else would do that, with care.\nPrescriptions is the business of the pharmacy not front of shop.\nI'm also worried about a shortage of drugs which I believe could occur, a lot of people like myself are prescribed life saving medication.\nPlease stop this madness, save our pharmacies, don't let this happen in Australia.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-30 23:30:03","Email":"Maryanne.milligan62@gmail.com","FirstName":"Maryanne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2210","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"473","Message":"My pharmacist has been in my life for a very long time.He knows things about me that are confidential ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-30 07:45:24","Email":"Shiralee2711@outlook.com","FirstName":"Shiralee Cameron ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2430","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"471","Message":"I work in a Pharmacy and my self and my co workers have to tell patients on a daily basis 'we don't have you medicine in stock and we are not sure when it will be back' and the stress and worry on their faces about not being able to get their life saving medicine is unacceptable and if the labor government passes this law, not only will we have more severe medicine shortages we will also find that people are dying because they can't get their medicine.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-29 07:24:13","Email":"Melmo1994@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Mellissa","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2845","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"470","Message":"Hi, my name is Dakoda, I am a 22 year old, chronically ill, disabled individual who needs proper access too my medications, I am very very scared for my future.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-28 23:55:33","Email":"frenchdakoda8@gmail.com","FirstName":"Dakoda french","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7315","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"469","Message":"my problem is i have been on a medication for 20 years and am allergic to allother brands and now the govt has allowed mine to be made by someone else with fillers i cant have i have contacted everyone and have been told they should have the same fillers if they are not on the pbs and being on a pension and they would be a private unabe to afford if i can get  mylan kalma so if any one is allergic to a medice where they change the name make sure you get the fillers checked i cant get mine not sure  what will happen i called tga hope they can get my original thank you  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-28 04:56:50","Email":"geoffh064@gmail.com","FirstName":"tracy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"godfrey","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"468","Message":"I take a particular table every day and expect to for the rest of my life. Its a waste of my and the tax payer's money to issue these tablets monthly. \nI would welcome the appearance of my tables on the two month list !\nDavid\n ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-27 10:34:26","Email":"david@example.com","FirstName":"Davis","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3551","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"467","Message":"My pharmacist has helped me a lot as a diabetic to get my Ozempic and other diabetic medicines and I'm afraid  this new law will make it even harder.\nWith regard","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-27 09:05:29","Email":"pjmeadow68@gmail.com","FirstName":"Paul Meadow","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5011","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"465","Message":"My husband due heart surgery has to take warfrin every day, we are unable to get 5mg anywhere, it is not good enough.  He now has to take 2 2mg and 1 mg, how long will this last, you are playing with his life.\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-26 07:35:31","Email":"wattsdenise1950@gmail.com","FirstName":"Denise Watts","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4215","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"464","Message":"I am a pharmacist \n\nI have just completed a medication history with a 67 year old patient who is on 2 medicines which are contraindicated together- her regular acid lowering medicine will reduce the effect of a blood thinning medicine - therefore should not be taken together. They are both prescribed by different doctors. \nIt scares me that the blood thinner is on the list of medicines safe for double dispensing. This patient goes to multiple pharmacies and can easily slip through the cracks of health care. The consequences to her health would have been disastrous if she received double quantity.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-26 05:06:33","Email":"stav.mt@gmail.com","FirstName":"Stav","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3188","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"459","Message":"Living in a small regional area our local pharmacy is vital to the community it serves and the potential risks of some medications being unavailable is not feasible \nSome residents rely on these potentially  life saving services especially if they can no longer drive greater distances to other pharmacies \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-25 23:52:45","Email":"gailgreen230@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Gail ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2545","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"442","Message":"I went to my local pharmacy almost 3 weeks ago to order my mother's prescription.  I am still waiting for this medication as it is out of stock and there is no ETA on when it will be back in.  The medication is for my mother and it is not acceptable in this day and age to be told that there is a shortage for a drug that has been available for the longest time without any issues.  \nMy pharmacist suggested that it might be a good idea to speak to my mother\u2019s doctor about prescribing an alternative drug when this happens again which means I will have to book an appointment with my mother\u2019s doctor, take time off work to take my mother to the doctor to have that consultation.  My doctor isn\u2019t a psychiatrist and the alternatives may not be suitable for my mother who has been taking the same medication for over 20 years without an issue.  The thought of not having these medications readily available is absolutely scary as I know what happens when someone is off their meds or is taking alternative medications that may not suit them.\nI feel for anyone who is dependent on pain medications or psychiatric drugs or other medications that are already experiencing this.  Medication shortages will only create more stress and anxiety on top of whatever else the individual is already facing health-wise.  The government is creating a far bigger problem by introducing this 60 day dispensing change.  The Government will realise (as always, when it\u2019s too late) that this was a BIG mistake.  They are only going to cause more pain and suffering to the most vulnerable in our society.  Australians deserve better.  Australians deserve to be able to purchase medications when we need it not when it\u2019s \u201cback in stock\u201d.  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-24 04:39:29","Email":"abencic72@gmail.com","FirstName":"Anna ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3071","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"439","Message":"For the first time in my adult life, I can happily say that I regret voting for Labor, if they go down this path. Why are they not listening to the people and local pharmacists? This policy is going to do a lot more harm than good. People are already struggling now as it is to get vital medications. This is going to make that situation 10 times worse. If this policy goes ahead, Labor has lost a long time supporter.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-23 16:56:08","Email":"oakmossandamber7@outlook.com","FirstName":"Amy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2529","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"438","Message":"I have attended this local pharmacy for many years and the staff are very helpful and knowledgeable, I would not like to see the hard working staff have to suffer from this new system. Anyway, I\u2019ve been trying out different medications and so if I got 2 months supply and the doctor wanted  to discontinue it after one month, there would be a waste of the medication!  Also, what happens to our safety net??  If it wasn\u2019t  broke, don\u2019t fix it !!! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-23 06:01:17","Email":"maureensmith52@gmail.com","FirstName":"Maureen Smith","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6110","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"437","Message":"I\u2019m new to working in pharmacy and have seen the change and stress pharmacy is now under to prevent these changes. I worry for many people with the medication shortages, as well as for my own job and for other community pharmacies. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-23 03:34:58","Email":"l.trouncer@gmail.com","FirstName":"Lucy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"436","Message":"I have attended my local chemist for 12 years. I access the Methdone program and get other needed medications from my chemist. The change will put everyone who attends the pharmacy at risk. Please don't change the way it is working presently as it would be a huge mistake for me and everyone else. M. Osmond","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-22 18:29:40","Email":"Micheleosmond@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Michele osmond ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7005","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"435","Message":"I support my local, and all, pharmacies to stop this unthought out decision and that in the end will cost my pharmacy and me. I am fully aware and educated on the facts that any pretended savings are NOT going back to pharmacies but going elsewhere. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-22 04:27:35","Email":"Susan.castle@hotmail.com","FirstName":"SUSAN CASTLE","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"434","Message":"We live in Clarence Town, a rural village   Situated in the Hunter Vally, a 70 klm round trip to the nearest town , we are in mid 80s , we have no public public transport , so when we can\u2019t drive any more, as there are many already older and sick people who cant, we cannot imagine not having our wonderful pharmacists and staff to look after us. They go over and above for everyone, if we are ill they will deliver our medicine themselve, they give valuable advice to everyone, young and old ,I really don\u2019t know how we would be without them. We implore you to rethink this ridiculous   Idea, and do what is right for people who voted for you to work for us not against us \nJean and Alan Abbs","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-21 06:51:38","Email":"alanjeanabbs@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Jean","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2321","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"433","Message":"For the second time this year, our pharmacy staff has administered an Epipen and called 000 for patients suffering an anaphylactic reaction. Of course these things always occur during \u201c later \u201c trading hours.  If we are forced to reduce our opening hours ? Where will these patients go ? \n\nPharmacists are called to, day and night for so many health reasons. Please don\u2019t be ignorant and think pharmacists just label boxes. From wound management to emergency advice .. there are no limits to what a pharmacist gets asked on a daily basis because our doors are open to all.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-21 06:42:58","Email":"ro11031@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Sanghee ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6162","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"432","Message":"I have battled various health conditions, some for over 45 years,  and need certain medications to help with everyday management of symptoms. I use my local 777 Pharmacy who will have to bear the added cost of those medications if I am to get twice the amount for the same price, so that means they will have to increase other costs, like webster paks. More costs will have to go up elsewhere to cover their out of pocket expense if this insane proposition goes ahead. The bigger franchises can carry that cost to little detriment, but the smaller chemists cannot afford to. Then when the smaller ones have all been pushed out of business, the big chemists, like Chemists Warehouse and Wizard, and all the big discount and online pharmacies will have the monopoly so can put all their prices up, then what happens to the \"People\" they are meant to care about????","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-20 09:08:31","Email":"bs_bevfam2@westnet.com.au","FirstName":"Stephanie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6109","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"431","Message":"I have bad depression  anxiety  \u00e0graphobic  and my chemist and many have not had my medication had such a big effect  on my life to the verge of not wanting to live we need our meds this can't go on your help is needed ty kerrie king","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-19 11:53:23","Email":"Kerriek60@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Kerrie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2564","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"430","Message":"I have complex medical issues which I take several medications for each day. I don't think it is fair of me to have a 60 day supply dispensed to me because it will add to the short supply of meds for others. This proposed new system lacks any thought into the way medications are required by Australians. From very individualised prescribing for people with chronic illness, who may already be on short supply\/\"special\" monthly ordered meds to those who have an acute illness\/have an end point for taking the medication. The government need to rethink this policy because they have got it SO WRONG. Speak to the RIGHT people, rather than a spreadsheet of numbers. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-19 03:02:01","Email":"jenpkgrayson@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Jenny ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2136","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"429","Message":"I am a 17 year old girl employed at Priceline Pharmacy in Toronto, NSW. The changes made regarding pharmacy funding and the medicinal shortages have caused extreme concern in my workplace, as well as hundreds of others around the country. \nThe jobs of my friends, coworkers, family and even myself are threatened by the lack of funding in our pharmacies. Like many others, in losing my job I will be unable to provide enough money for myself, my cat, and my family for the necessary bills and expenses that I am responsible for. Not to mention I would be losing the incredible family I have gained while working at Priceline Pharmacy.\nThese changes have caused many amazing people such as my boss and other pharmacy owners around the country to risk losing their business, their houses, and their way of living. \nThis all is without even touching on the thousands of people who will go without life saving medicines and supplies, or at the very least will be forced to travel cities away from their home and require expenses that they do not have, just to have ACCESS to those medications. \nTo put into perspective, my place of work will have to fire three quarters of their employees purely due to these changes, and my pharmacy has it BETTER OFF than most. Some have already started laying people off because they simply can\u2019t afford it.\n\nPlease help out in any way you can. Share your stories, sign petitions, protest, anything. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-17 23:43:20","Email":"cjwj24@gmail.com","FirstName":"Charlotte","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2283","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"428","Message":"This will just add to my continued problem\nWe are  on several medications. If I get 60 dsys between scripts what do we do when only 28 tabs in a box. Leaves us short.\nI have already had to change my insulin due to the one I have been stable on for many years has been removed from sale. I now have to have 1 injection a week. As opposed to 21 sounds good, however sometimes my husband ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-17 07:16:38","Email":"marisagoode47@gmail.com","FirstName":"Marisa goode","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5112","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"427","Message":"I am worried about this development and specifically how it will impact on me. I am a stroke patient with limited mobility making visits to the pharmacy extremely difficult has my particular situation been taken under consideration or swept aside.\nConcerned ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-17 00:56:25","Email":"huizing521@gmail.com","FirstName":"Hendrik Huizing ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7000","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"426","Message":"Been taking Warfarin since 2000 so stop Blood Clots which I had in my Leg then my Lung A filter was installed but that does'nt stop them going to my head . I have regular INR and Blood test to regulate my dose between 2.5 to 5 mg ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-16 08:19:43","Email":"icandnlw@gmail.com","FirstName":"Norma","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2702","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"425","Message":"Wake up ALP! The PBS has served (although not perfect) the Australian communities so well for the last 7  decades and now you want to risk messing with it? \n\n\u201cToday the PBS provides timely, reliable and affordable access to necessary medicines for Australians.\u201d (https:\/\/m.pbs.gov.au\/about-the-pbs.html). When you slash fundings by 50% to pharmacies and force Australia wide pharmacies to cut operating hours or even close their doors altogether, how are the Australian public going to have \u201ctimely\u201d access to their medications? \n\nPlease get your acts together ALP. You can cut spendings elsewhere (like your submarines deal\/football stadium), leave the PBS and Healthcare alone.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-16 04:47:19","Email":"Kin106@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Yen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3150","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"423","Message":"The government interfering yet again with medicine and the restriction on supply is just not acceptable. Same happened in the previous government but yet again the same is again happening with the new government. It clearly shows that both major political parties don't have their citizens health actually as priority at all.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-15 06:09:57","Email":"Blackpanthervii@live.com.au","FirstName":"Shaun Myer","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2155","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"422","Message":"My elderly Dad has 20% heart working. It is only his medication giving him a quality life. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 23:21:52","Email":"j2j63@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Julie ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"Jurss ","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"421","Message":"Without prompt access to required medication, my loved one will end up in Accident","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 22:54:01","Email":"Catherine.brimage@gmail.com","FirstName":"Catherine ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2617","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"420","Message":"Our son needs his medications at Eskleigh. A great place and terrific support . This policy could put him at risk. ALP are all about looking good to minority, and forget the real people .\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 12:58:09","Email":"steve.rogers8453@gmail.com","FirstName":"Steve","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7249","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"419","Message":"We have a son at Eskleigh that has issues with some needed medications . Epilem , etc. This is a very poor policy . Popular which Labor is all about, but as usual a populous, dangerous policy. Please protest.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 12:55:47","Email":"steve.rogers8453@gmail.com","FirstName":"Steve","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7249","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"418","Message":"Our daughter 41 has had four strokes has had surgery for an aneurysm in an artery in her neck it is imperative she take her blood thinners dailyDrs at PA have told us if she misses one day she could have a catastrophic stroke! (Plidogrel and aspirin 100mg in short supply) needless to say we are extremely worried!!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 08:20:27","Email":"mackiej.3@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Mary Mackie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4413","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"417","Message":"Every single day, I take 7 different types of medication at 4 different times during the day. It costs me 1000s of dollars. Without these meds, I would not be alive. That\u2019s not an exaggeration. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 05:13:50","Email":"n.j.a.soeters@gmail.com","FirstName":"Anonymous","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2290","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"416","Message":"Don\u2019t agree with this gov plan . I see only negative impacts . ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-14 04:49:39","Email":"penberleyhouse@gmail.com","FirstName":" Norman","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2548","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"415","Message":"I have had to change heart medication twice in under 12 months due to unavailability,\nthe last time was last week and I had to go to three chemists before being able to get my meds which I cannot do without .\nThe two chemists who didn\u2019t have the meds told me they were on back order .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-13 22:57:42","Email":"shrnrmcknz257@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sharon ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2822","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"414","Message":"My daughter has been taking Midodrine for POTS for 10 years and without it she faints and cannot function.  I cannot understand how \u2018The Lucky Country\u2019 Is becoming so unlucky because of ministerial decisions. If their family were reliant on these medications to function normally perhaps it would be a different outcome!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-13 08:16:19","Email":"lcornish311@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Leanne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2289","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"412","Message":"I am dependent on thyoroxine without this medication for Thyroid disease I will gradually fall into a coma which nearly happened prior to me being diagnosed. A simple tablet is all I need to live a relatively normal life. My local chemist is important and convenient as I also buy my Mother's medication for her sight and her heart condition.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-13 05:28:56","Email":"idajusic@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Ida Jusic","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2210","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"410","Message":"I have had two bowel rejections and have been taking Questran Lite for many years.I am supposed to take 2 to 4 sachets a day.At the moment I only have half a box left and am taking one sachet a day.If I don't take my medicine I am going to loose a lot of weight and will wither away to a skeleton. I am told that they are short of some of the ingredients. I am not sure if this is actually true or this medication is being sent to larger countries  where there is more profit for the company making Questran Lite. Please help me get my medicine as I also care full time for two grandchildren full time and want to stay healthy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-12 22:58:48","Email":"geoffsue1@bigpond.com ","FirstName":"Susan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2287","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"409","Message":"I have heart and blood pressure problems . My life depends on my medication. Emanuel Mallia","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-12 20:54:48","Email":"jmallia2015@gmail.com","FirstName":"Josephine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2905","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"408","Message":"In my local municipality there are pharmacies in every town, if this happens we will be lucky to have 1 for the area to service 18,259 people when the cost of fuel, food, medication, etc are going up, no one will be able to afford to travel for medication. It will still be choose between food or medications","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-12 04:00:16","Email":"soniacoad97@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sonia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7112","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"407","Message":"I am Diatetec with Kidney failure only thing that has helped me is the Ozempic injections,couple months  could not get prescription filled,still having trouble getting monthly,no way would chemist be able to give me 2 months supply,haven't checked my other medications ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-12 03:34:08","Email":"pamelajudd22@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Pamela ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3207","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"406","Message":"My son has an artificial main valve in his heart which requires him to be on blood thinners ... warfarin...... constantly,without this medication he will get a blood clot going to his heart which will kill him, it is vital that we  and others have an ongoing supply of these essentail medications available at all \ntimes\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-11 23:01:49","Email":"joyparrotladypym@gmail.com","FirstName":"joy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3869","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"405","Message":"This is unacceptable, small towns suffer yet again ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-11 08:06:38","Email":"joyannedoherty2@gmail.com","FirstName":"Joyanne ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7468","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"403","Message":"My Asthma and diabetes medication disappeared! Enough is enough ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-11 06:57:59","Email":"Hegie1980@gmail.com","FirstName":"Lindsey","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2160","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"402","Message":"My husband and our two children recently came back from Bali, where our 2.5 year old had an accident and split open his chin. We were able to get the right medicine for him that same day over there then few days later we came back home to Cairns. Few days past since we arrived back home and my son started developing an infection due to the split chin, we went and tried to see our local doctor but they refused to see us due to my son being a new patient with them so we had to head to the hospital, we waited over 6 hours there just to get his antibiotics script. after we got the scrip i went to out local chemist and they didn't had the right antibiotics for him and were out of the medicine so we had to drive to the next chemist , they didn't even have the medication for my son either and our only option left was to drive over 40kms to the next chemist to get my son his medication. by the time we got there they were shut! i had to bring my 2 children ages 2.5 and 3 years old around early mooring and drive over 40 kms just to get the medication for my son, as you can imagine dragging 2 children around early morning and ended up being late for daycare isn't much fun for any of us. we finally found a chemist that had the right medication for my son the next day and it was the last one left! this is disgusting that people who desperately need the medication cant find it at their local chemist and have to drive 80 kms there and back just for that!  something has the change! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-11 00:57:30","Email":"alison0594@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Alison ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4865","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"401","Message":"What about the chemists in other countries who have been forced to use this system of prescription for two months have gone broke because of this stupid change to the existing rule. Wake up government ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 23:24:46","Email":"davidfwas@gmail.com","FirstName":"David","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2541","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"400","Message":"I regularly have my medicines delivered to my home as my rheumatoid arthritis makes it hard to get out and about. I wouldn't be able to afford both my medicines and a delivery charge if the pharmacy started charging for it.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 23:13:33","Email":"lillian78@gmail.com","FirstName":"Lillian","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2300","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"399","Message":"I feel that it wouldnt be safe practice to have high quantities of prescription drugs available for some vulnerable people, they could be used to end their lives","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 14:52:59","Email":"mary@tigger.ws","FirstName":"Mary","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6155","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"398","Message":"I\u2019ve suffered with major depression, generalised anxiety disorder, ptsd, panic disorder, agoraphobia for many years now,  and just recently be giving medication for my cholesterol as it\u2019s high,I rely on my medication daily so I don\u2019t harm others or myself. I\u2019ve just started to leave my front door to my letter box if I don\u2019t have my medication it\u2019s just going to set me back so many years.I\u2019ll be severely impacted and ill have to rely on the government for other services \nI have a 3yr old grandson that has helped me with my progress at the moment but if I don\u2019t have my medication I\u2019m not allowed to spend unsupervised time with him as I will be unpredictable. It\u2019s taken roughly 17-20 years to get the right medication and therapy,  I can\u2019t always afford to get 3-5 scripts at a time .I couldn\u2019t do so much for my children when they were growing up as I said meds and therapy.\nPLEASE PLEASE DONT LET ANY MEDICINE HAVE ANY SHORTAGE. \nWith 60 days dispensary policy I could miss out on my daily meds and harm some innocent person all because my government is trying to put us in third world crisis. Please listen to your people and what they need","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 14:16:24","Email":"bw.chook75@gmail.com","FirstName":"Brooke Walters ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6053","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"397","Message":"My husband  is on a few of these medications \ud83d\udc8a  and I have had to travel all over lake Macquarie  and Newcastle  area just to  try and get  just one bottle of his  medications and he  gets 3 on 1 script but most of the time i have to ring around all the pharmacy's just to fill his perceptions.I really feel for anyone who don't have  there own transport  get there vital medications  they need  as it is I am on a waiting  list  for  one of my husbands meds.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 13:56:42","Email":"elizaboyle@hotmail.com.au","FirstName":"Eliza ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2289","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"396","Message":"I already have had medication taken off the market with no replacement.  The ones that have been substituted are completely inappropriate.\nMy gel caps have been replaced with huge tablets that are not to be broken.  My diabetes tablets are also huge and not to be broken. This causes me distress as I  have swallowing issues and mouth and throat issues. I  have no choice but to break these tablets into four pieces.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 12:25:08","Email":"Mrsblomy@gmail.com","FirstName":"Cheryl Brumfield","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7330","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"395","Message":"I rely on medication for my Thyroid and Anti-Depresants, if I couldn't get my medication my health would be severely impacted.  It frightens me to think I would run out of Thyroid medication.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 09:30:58","Email":"julieroses61@gmail.com","FirstName":"Julie Deane-Spread","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6051","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"393","Message":"I am actually pleased that the cost of medicine for myself and others eligible for the PBS will be halved.  Whilst the supply of medicines may be temporarily impacted, this will level out over the long term.  If I fill a prescription for 6 months instead of 3 months, it means I will have no demand to fill the prescription for that medicine for the next 6 months and it will cost me half the price.\nAlthough I can see that pharmacists will not make as much money out of the new scheme, I also acknowledge this may impact on employment in pharmacies.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 06:44:10","Email":"adamant2171990@gmail.com","FirstName":"Valerie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6260","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"391","Message":"Dear [MP's Honer David C.,\n\nI am writing to express my concern about the ongoing medicine shortages in Australia and the negative impact this is having on regional areas and the aged care sector.\n\nAs you may be aware, Australia has already experienced two years of medicine shortages, and every day, community pharmacies across the country are seeing patients who are forced to go without their medications due to exhausted supplies. This situation is unacceptable and puts the health of our most vulnerable Australians at risk.\n\nI am calling on you, as my representative in Parliament, to take action and demand that the Federal Government addresses this critical issue. We need to ensure that prescription medicines are available to those who rely on them, and that our healthcare system is not further burdened by the consequences of medicine shortages.\n\nI am particularly concerned about the Federal Government's decision to not give extra medicines to patients via 60-day dispensing, as this will only exacerbate the problem and result in more Australians going without essential medication. We cannot allow this to happen.\n\nI urge you to make your voice heard on this issue and to support our petition calling for Government action to end prescription medicine shortages. It is essential that we take action now to protect the health and wellbeing of all Australians.\n\nThank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.\n\nSincerely,\n\n[maged m n banoub","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-10 01:22:28","Email":"magedbanoub0@gmail.com","FirstName":"Maged mmonier n banoub","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2222","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"390","Message":"My wife has many health issues two of which are Anxiety ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 22:30:28","Email":"wtupicof@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Wayne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4074","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"388","Message":"I\u2019m a cancer survivor who relies on reliable supplies of medications from my local pharmacy, which thankfully has been able to meet my requirements.\nI have also had open heart surgery and lung surgery. Combine these with a lot of chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the years and needless to say my body is a mess. I\u2019m riddled with arthritis, have prostate cancer which is under active surveillance, but could still be a threat.\nI\u2019m not quite ready for mental health medications, but what the Government is doing could be the start of it!!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 05:00:31","Email":"mojo.26@live.com.au","FirstName":"John Davies ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"387","Message":"I have been a customer of the Kerrie Road Pharmacy for as long as it has been open. So have my elderly parents, my Dad still goes there, but the people at Kerrie Road Pharmacy helped my family when my Mum became sick in 2020, up until she passed away, too early, in 2021. They were our rock during those turbulent times.\n\nIn addition to this, I am a single mother of three children with special needs. They all have pharmaceutical needs that support autism, asthma, insomnia, compromised immune systems and chronic fatigue syndrome. I know, at anytime, I can walk into Kerrie Road Pharmacy and get support to deal with whatever I need. We celebrate when I am not in the pharmacy for over one month, but I would not want to go anywhere else.\n\nMy Dad now gets his medication delivered  to the retirement home he has settled in. Thats free to him, but under changes to pharmaceutical provisions, this will come at a cost to him. Whilst he is currently able bodied, I worry about when he can\u2019t drive and he has to pay extra for this service.\n\nWhat about those in the community that rely on this service, and will then have to pay for it under budget cuts. \n\nChanges to anything that effects pharmacy and impacts this may have on Kerrie Road Pharmacy will have an enormous impact on the local community. \n\nCurrently, we can walk in and get advice, and the team are equipped to handle that advice - this will. It be possible under proposed changes. I\u2019ve had a couple of operations and leant on the advice of the pharmacy to know what was right, and whether I should see my doctor, Kerrie Road Pharmacy were always there. Plus with vaccinations, that is not profitable for them, they always support their customers.\n\nWe cannot change the pharmaceutical benefits as they are today, as we risk losing the supports offered by our local pharmacies. I don\u2019t want to have to rely on a big company like chemist warehouse for my families pharmaceutical support. We need to stay local, live local, and any changes will just be impacting another amazing business.\n\nKerrie Road Pharmacy and others in local communities need to continue their amazing work, they are caring and understanding of all their patients. We cannot lose that. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 04:03:50","Email":"Susan.L.Mackay@gmail.com","FirstName":"Susan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3150","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"386","Message":"Hi I have great difficulty getting Ozempic for my Diabetes.  Supply is very poor .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 02:11:55","Email":"kjarmst@outlook.com.au","FirstName":"Kevin Armstrong ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4305","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"385","Message":"I take Warfarin and heve been using it for 30 years I require close monitoring and need to have 1mg 2mg 5mg on hand to make up my daily dose. Twicw now in the last 3months I had to cut my 5mg into small pieces to make the dose. I managed to get the 1mg and 2mg now I'm almost out of them No one seems to have which leads people like me at risk of Blood clots of which I had in my leg and lung 20 years or more ago I have been stable over the years and dont want the lack of supply giving me more health issues ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 01:03:42","Email":"icandnlw@gmail.com","FirstName":"Norma","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2702","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"384","Message":"With 60 day dispensing policy as a community pharmacist, we can\u2019t guarantee fair and equal access for our patients because of the medication shortage , with 60 days dispensing policy every second patient won\u2019t have any medication (one patient will have two boxes other will have none ) that will increase risk of hospitalisation and the health system is already under pressure ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 00:30:48","Email":"Pharmacist@a1discountchemist.com.au","FirstName":"Dina Salib ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2133","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"383","Message":"My name is Rachelle and i am the mother of a 9 yr old boy with many health issues that require many medications to keep him well. \n\nWe are now running into issues with a lack of stock at our local pharmacy and this will cause major health concerns if we are not able to access what he requires to stay healthy.\n\nI am angered at the proposed decision to allow people to stock up on copious amounts of medications that already are becoming unavailable for access. \n\nPlease understand this will affect so many and will have a detrimental outcome.  Please listen to the pharmacies and the people and take this serious.\n\nI just cant afford to risk my sons health he is my world.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-09 00:11:09","Email":"Aqualove31@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Rachelle ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2260","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"382","Message":"I am on warfarin 5mg for life as a result of 3 dvts ( blood clots). It is imperative I continue my warfarin therapy.  What does the giver ember suggest I do without my supply? \nI have already had trouble obtaining the 5mg warfarin and had to take 2mg and 1mg. What happens when these also  run out? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 09:51:32","Email":"milicifali@gmail.com","FirstName":"Milena Cifali ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4128","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"381","Message":"We already have a shortage of my heart medication Flecainide and I have to use a substitute medication which increases the risk of errors and confusion with correct identification of my medications.  \nI also often need to place my scripts at the Chemist before I need them as some need to be ordered as they are in short supply. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 08:26:35","Email":"kmullarv@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Kaye","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2732","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"380","Message":"I am in urgent need of my Hormonal Replacement Therapy medication..Eostradial patches 75mg.\nThey have been unobtainable from my regular chemist Soul Pattinsons Pharmacy for weeks.\nI have used up my supply, and now am in desperate need and I cant get them.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 07:47:55","Email":"alleyskelly@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Alison Skelly","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2583","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"379","Message":"Running out of genteal medicine for my eyes   I have dry eyes problem and desperately need this medication ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 05:46:30","Email":"dhunm@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Dhun. Madon","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2047","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"378","Message":"There is an acute shortage of genteal cream for eyes. I am 72 years old and I need it desperately to lubricate my eyes","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 05:43:31","Email":"Dhun@madonresearch.com.au","FirstName":"Dhun Madon","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2047","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"377","Message":"I am worried about missing out on important medications because of the supply issues witch I need for my health.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 05:21:33","Email":"ericmoran1950@gmail.com","FirstName":"Eric moran","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2546","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"376","Message":"Really looking forward to fewer Pharmacy visits, fewer expenses, shorter queues and to putting less pressure on our GPS with this fantastic new initiative!!  The guild sounds a little like the big gas suppliers when the gas price cap was announced!\nBring it on!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 05:00:19","Email":"garyanderson60@outlook.com","FirstName":"Gary","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7325","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"375","Message":"I have  been on my medication for years and it keeps me alive so I will support you all the way ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 02:43:08","Email":"bureyandporter@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Porter ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4610","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"372","Message":"Constantly on medication to prevent Muscle spasms, High blood pressure. Prevent outbreak of Arthritis.Always needing prevention to cease further discomfort. Thank you Michael D****","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 01:43:26","Email":"mjdaviss35@gmail.com","FirstName":"Michael","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3076","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"371","Message":"I take Warfarin 5mg and have been unable to get 5mg so have to get 2mg and 1mg, which makes a lot more tablets to take, combined with all my other medications. Hopefully their short supply is remedied soon. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-08 00:29:18","Email":"maxine.quinlan4@gmail.com","FirstName":"Maxine Quinlan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3612","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"370","Message":"Australia needs to look after its people , your frightening us with 3rd world threats everyday , our culture is caring ! Its time to show this care and stop frightening us and selling our country to overseas cultures who dont care about us at all, please your all we have ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 22:23:22","Email":"Bushtinka2015@gmail.com","FirstName":"Liane dunford","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2295","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"369","Message":"My local pharmacist cares about my health. I am more than just a number. He goes to great lengths to secure my medicine and will deliver this to me after the store closes- at no extra charge for me.\nDuring covid, my GP would not let me come in for a face to face consultation, ever- even with a negative PCR\/RAT and wearing a mask- sending me to \u201ca pharmacist for blood pressure checks\u201d.\nMy pharmacist did check my blood pressure regularly, for free.\nThe pharmacy industry needs to be protected. They care for local communities deeply. They employ locals.\nI am disappointed in this proposal.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 21:17:27","Email":"Maria.mantas@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Maria M","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3192","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"366","Message":"Where can I get warfarin for cardiac patients , shortage rightnow ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 09:20:48","Email":"jieli0210@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jieli","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"Shi","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"364","Message":"I support what the federal gov't is doing because it is very inconvenient and costly for me to have to go to a chemist every 28 days for my prescriptions - especially when we are travelling.\nI understand the concerns of small rural pharmacists, but they should be addressed in other ways than retaining 30 day dispensing limits.\nNoel Schubert","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 09:16:35","Email":"noel.schubert55@gmail.com","FirstName":"Noel Schubert","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6150","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"363","Message":"As a pharmacist, we should focus on medication service rather than given vaccines. What idiotic plan?  ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 09:10:25","Email":"jieli01@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Jieli","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5069","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"362","Message":"No warfarin is available nationally. No doublet are available. Seriously bad bad bad. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 09:09:25","Email":"jieli0210@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jieli","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5069","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"360","Message":"Over the past few years I've had to wait and search elsewhere more and more often to get the epilepsy medications I need. If I have a seizure I have to wait at least a year before I can drive again, and that's the least of my issues there. So let me get this right, I really might have to worry about another risk factor for having a seizure?? And of all the things.....\nHey did I ever tell you about the time I regained consciousness after a seizure only to find myself in a puddle of my own blood because of how hard i hit my head falling? NOT FUN. We figured out the medication clash and that meant no more codeine for me. Let me be absolutely clear here, I don't want more stories, I want more health accessibility!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 09:07:46","Email":"thean7@rocketmail.com","FirstName":"Kerina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6111","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"358","Message":"Our 1 year old daughter has suffered from congenital nutropenia from birth and as a result is it critical that she has access to antibiotics swiftly when needed. During her last bacterial infection she was prescribed augmentin duo, but after going to 5 chemists within driving distance it became apparent that we would not be able to have the prescription filled. We live in Adelaide, less than 5km from the cbd, and yet we couldn't get a simple prescription filled. I hate to think what people in regional areas would be facing. In the end we were forced to take our daughter to women's and children's hospital emergency department so that the antibiotics could be administered. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 07:43:35","Email":"Alex.radda@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Alex ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5061","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"357","Message":"I rarely take medicine, but when it is indicated there should be no barrier to supply. My feeling is that when I fell ill recently there was strong resistance from consulting GPs to supply medicine that they knew would help. By being persistent I was able to secure a prescription and the script was filled. It astounds and appals me that the government can spend millions on fashionable trends and pull the rug on citizens where there is clear need. Our medical system is a key pillar of a good society.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 07:27:04","Email":"john@lamerand.com.au","FirstName":"John","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6155","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"345","Message":"I have enough trouble getting my medications already without non understanding politicians making it more difficult to access them eg I can only ring my doctor for pain killers on Wednesday to receive on Fridays if I run out it\u2019s my bad luck because doctors won\u2019t risk letting me buy in bulk ron beaton ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 05:34:39","Email":"Beatonron14@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ron ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3939","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"344","Message":"M  wife is on Warfarin to treat clots in her lungs. She was unable to get 5 mg tablets and had to take five  1mg Tablets. How long before the 1 mg tabs run out?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 04:48:04","Email":"donmaxr88@gmail.com","FirstName":"Donald Reid","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2295","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"342","Message":"We have a huge list of medicines shortages at the moment. We have extensive lists of patients waiting for the supply of some of these medicines. \nThis issue is only going to get worse once double dispensing comes in. There will be people with 60 days worth of medication and some who we can\u2019t supply any to. \nThis 60 day dispensing is a disaster waiting to happen. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-07 00:48:51","Email":"toowoomba@busikos.com","FirstName":"Boyd By","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4350","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"341","Message":"iv had two operations and been very ill for 18months.\nat Christmas I ended up back in hospital bleeding internally.\nspent 2 weeks in hospital. then. went back for another op in February. the surgeons gave me a letter and certificate telling me to take it very easy and heal. that I could maybe go back to work at the end of may..\nHowever... im not able to get the meds I have to take every day to stop the bleeding inflammation and the ulcers in my colon....\niv been trying to get hold of this medication for 3 months now.. have rang and spoken to pharmacy's hospitals and doctors all over wa trying to source the medication..\nonly to be told no sorry didn't come in u will have to wait till next month.. and then the next month.. and YES.. my health is going down hill. \nif I'm not onto of my medication and food program. \nit will eventually and quickly turn into cancer...\nI am totally shocked and in disbelief that this is Australia and all this medication is just not being brought in.\nThe Powers that be are playing with people health and their lives...\nI need to go back to work\nI have a mourgage \nI suffer from chronic pain i am now house bound have chronic fatigue complete body aches terrible headaches bleeding constantly feel sick and the burning inside of me from all the ulcers coming back is hell.\nthey use to stock the medication I need was never a problem. and to make matters worse there is no alternative medication I can take that does the same job...\nPlease some one DO Something..\nregards\nTonya belton","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 21:54:50","Email":"tbelton@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Tonya","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6056","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"340","Message":"In April last year I was diagnosed Stage IV non hodgkins lymphoma. I was 36 years old with a new wife and a 1 year old daughter. We met with our local pharmacist before starting treatment and they went above and beyond to ensure they did everything they could to help. From arranging for me to have last minute Covid and Flu shots days before my treatment started to home delivery my prescriptions when I was too sick to get out of bed. Also the knowledge passed on by my pharmacist about my medicines and what they do was like having an extra doctor and was a great peace of mind. My doctor would provide rescripts and these would be on file at my chemist so i had to do very little. I would much prefer this type of service over 60 days scripts and medicine shortages.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 21:48:09","Email":"brett714@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Brett F","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2250","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"339","Message":"60 day dispensing is as well thought out as the introduction of cane toads.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 21:06:54","Email":"chris.draper53@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Chirs Drapher","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4561","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"338","Message":"I'm finally on the right medications for my treatment resistant major depressive disorder. I don't want to go back to what is my hell. I'm on 7 different prescription medications and need every single one, lest I have a stroke, heart attack or become suicidal yet again.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 18:51:38","Email":"richards.clairebear@gmail.com","FirstName":"Claire","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3820","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"337","Message":"I do not believe that this 60 day policy will save any money. People will be stock piling! All I can see is more wastage and those that really need the medication won\u2019t get it. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 15:05:47","Email":"Lay_koon@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Doris ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6149","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"336","Message":"I am on Effexor and well and Ventolin, Seretide and Spiriva. If I don't have these medications I'm quite sure I will either end up in the hospital or the ground! Is this another way of Albanese and his co-horts to control the Australian people. If we do as we are told we can have our medications??? Our food???? Our Education System back to teaching the fundamentals of life and not perverse lifestyles??? You work for the Australian people you terrorists in Canberra, not the other way around!!!! \nI am sick to death of walking on egg shells.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 08:30:44","Email":"larichardson59@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Lyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4501","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"335","Message":"Compared to other distressing stories I have read here, my problem is minimal, but to me it is a problem.\nI am 89 and previously was on 100mcg of Presolol tablets a day .Two months ago they were taken off the market and my doctor put me on Moxonidine 200mcg, as manufacturers don't make 100mcg packs, which meant the new tabs  had to be cut in half daily. That was ok ...I took half every morning as instructed and checked my blood pressure.I found that 100 mcg of this new drug barely touched my blood pressure...which  continued to go through the roof by the end of 24 hours.My doctor was away . ...I could not get in to see another doctor.\nI ended up at 3am one morning in Emergency with a racing heart beat and very high BP.  Luckily it wasn't serious.\nI am now taking 100mcg in the morning and the other 100mcg to keep my BP stable, at night.\nI am still unable to see my doctor until 17th May due to the fact that he is  inundated with appointments.\nThe government is to blame for these shortages....more doctors should be trained...the unjabbed ones who chose to leave, should be welcomed back.\nStop this nonsense that you are doing, Mr Albanese. Keep slinging misfortunes like this at us and we might start to think that you are trying to harm us rather than help us?\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 07:05:12","Email":"macdunn89@gmail.com","FirstName":"Annie Mac","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2642","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"334","Message":"Dear Albanese, I am appalled that you are seizing such control over the Australian people denying them their constitutional right to Brilaroxazine 100mg which I have been unable to get for three weeks. The pharmacists are even saying they can't get ANY STOCK IN! What an actual disgrace to our Prime Minister. Why are we living in a medical hellscape of Albanese's perverted manufacture? Who is he to deny hard-working, tax-paying Australians their medications? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 07:01:39","Email":"dsims.sovereign.citizen@gmail.com","FirstName":"Dale Simmonds","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2259","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"332","Message":"I am on Hydrocortisone 4mg x5 daily ,due to Hypophysitus from a rare reaction to immunotherapy,I need this drug as my Pituitary Gland no longer functions it has been incredibly difficult to source this drug,I was using out of use by date 20mg Hydrocortisone and breaking it as best to suit daily dose required.I recently also tried to have a script for Keppra 250mg filled ,chemist out of stock for this as well","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 03:34:53","Email":"Captainron1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Mary Newman","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4350","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"331","Message":"I have hemophilia and one week in March  the pharmacist said they were out of my medication. I was amazed because has never been out until recently! I gave the pharmacist a piece of my mind, but then she told me it was Labor's fault! I missed it for a whole ten days. And I gave myself a cut on Monday 19\/03 but didn't know. I was bleeding everywhere but I didn't notice until I slipped in a pool of blood in the kitchen and ended up in hospital, whence I am writing this letter. At least Merriwa hospital has a steady supply! I shouldn't have to slip in a pool of my own blood to get my coagulants ALBANESE YOU CLOT. You are going to cause people like me to die horribly. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 03:32:20","Email":"noreren904@jobbrett.com","FirstName":"Irma Gerd","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2333","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"329","Message":"As a patient with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome,SLE and Sjogrens Syndrome I have a history of recurrent embolisms and clotting. For the last 6 months I have been unable to get 5mg and sometimes 2mg warfarin tablets. I take 10mg warfarin daily to prevent clotting. The option of 1mg x 10 tablets that would last me 5 days was not acceptable but has been my last ditch plan for many months now. For my other Autoimmune conditions I require a medication called Mestinon which was also unavailable until this week. My pharmacist sourced another option at a cost of $349 for 90 tablets as it was not on the PBS. This is compared to the normal $47.50 for 100 tablets. I needed the medication and I paid for it. But what do patients do who cannot afford it? The large pharmacy warehouses do not attempt to help find alternatives. Do not force the independent pharmacies out of business. They are critical to the well-being of patients who have chronic conditions like mine. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 01:23:40","Email":"e_fran@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Frances Little","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2127","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"327","Message":"Hallo my name is DR. BARATHA-RAJ and I wish to say that medicine has gone so far downhill from the 1980s when I was a prescriber. Now I cannot even get Questran Lite for my bowels. And I said to my son: JEREMY   If the government is going to interfere with my bowels, where is Albanese going to draw the line! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 00:26:48","Email":"vobej96172@saeoil.com","FirstName":"Dr. Vobeja Baratha-Raj","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2103","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"326","Message":"I've been after Questran for the last few months now. Imagine my horror when I go into my local pillshop and Daryl, the local pharmacist, tells me that I'll be waiting a damn sight longer. The alternative for Questran is 120$ which is just disgraceful. \n\nI've said to my son, I've told him, I'm not paying the 120$,I can't afford it. I can't go out. I can't go to bowls with the girls, I can't even so much as leave the house to go to woolies because of all the diarrhea.\n\nI think what the government is doing is awful. It is a disgrace. We aren't living in Burma, I should be able to get medication when I need it. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-06 00:18:53","Email":"MargeryDailPoultry@gmail.com","FirstName":"Margery ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2535","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"323","Message":"We all know someone whose life. depends on pharmaceuticals for such things as diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, water retention, mental illness, HIV etc.  Imagine life without the pharmaceuticals necessary to keep them alive?  Only recently after many years of trying to find herbal cures I had to start taking thyroid medicine and  a new worry has started, what happens now if I don\u2019t get my medicine each day?  I tried a day without it and was very unwell again.  Well er are facing that risk in Australia right now. Already my friend n needs Trulicity to help balance his blood sugar but he cannot access it.  Other similar meds are too costly to buy. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 20:29:27","Email":"rdoonar@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rachael","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4179","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"321","Message":"I have bipolar and have depression need my medicines ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 11:00:05","Email":"giakoum@optusnet.con.au","FirstName":"Andrew ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2227","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"319","Message":"The public do not understand this. Most people I speak to in my Pharmacy are aware of the medication shortage that may be created but think double dispensing is subsidised by the Govt. not their local Pharmacy so in fact it is a Govt saving. This needs to be the focus now.\n\nPay increases for Nurses and aged care workers $3 billion of Medicare leakages by GP's and all we are asking is not for a pay cut. The future of community Pharmacy and its services are at risk.\nIf the Albanese Govt. wanted to save pension and concession card holders money why did they raise the co-payment by 50c at beginning of the year?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 09:16:32","Email":"Doogsy.1972@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Robert Andrews ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6062","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"318","Message":"I am a disability pensioner. Since 'the end of covid' I have had medications swapped for other versions, as well as totally unavailable. I suffer from autoimmune issues as well as a myriad of other issues connected to both my disability and secondary illnesses caused by auto immune issues. I have already been treated like a leper for needing pain medication as a young person, put through the ringer by previous governments regardless of party. I have friends whose pensioner parents are unable to get blood pressure medication or even essential diabetes medication here in Cairns. I don't believe the current government will make medicines cheaper, how can they when there is no supply to begin with? It is a crock of S peddled by Labor fools. We can thank both sides of government for destroying a system that worked. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 07:06:55","Email":"Lozzay@gmail.com","FirstName":"Laura","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4879","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"317","Message":"I need my local chemist down the road, Richard and the girls, are so helpful, and save me Dr and ER visits when I'm panicking over my chronic conditions.i can walk to chemist they friendly and provide a community service to talk to and chat when lonely living by self, free mental health service with kindness just when you want someone other than family. We need these in our community for mums dad, teenagers young adults. Elderly, new mums, he will even take the time to look at holiday photos, of an elderly disabled couple. Frightened I might not get my medications. As big city will get them first. Maybe make medications cheaper so all benefit. Fund more hospitals free hospital for everyone ruin the private health system put everyone as important as the next. Cheers. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 06:53:31","Email":"Camglen6@bigpond.com ","FirstName":"Glenys","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4350","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"316","Message":"I work in a locally owned pharmacy, the politicians keep saying there is plenty of stock, come and actually see the pharmacies, there is no stock available at the wholesalers, so then telling everyone there is plenty is wrong. The amount of customers we have coming in to us for help because they can\u2019t get into their doctor, and the local hospital doesn\u2019t have a doctor on call because they can\u2019t secure one to work, these changes are going to make it much worse. The biggest worry is that people are going to die from misuse of the medication because they overdose either intentionally or unintentionally. If any changes are to be made the government need to actually consult pharmacy owners and pharmacists and staff, we are the ones who know what it\u2019s like and how the changes will effect everyone ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 06:23:47","Email":"cassiewalls@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Anon ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2360","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"315","Message":"living remote has lots of challenges and we need a local pharmacist for various medial items, scripts that change regular from our specialist and don't have the resources \/ finances to drive 400km each way to get a new script each time.  We all have a desperate need to have a local pharmacist not only for locals but visitors who need help. It is challenging living remote but please don't penalise even more for it.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 06:06:35","Email":"info@oceanside.com.au","FirstName":"tt","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6537","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"314","Message":"I am the proud first time mother of a baby girl who is now 11 weeks old. I've had essential hypertension (high blood pressure) and have been medicated for this since a young age, so close observation and proper management of my blood pressure was critical throughout my pregnancy for the health of myself and my unborn baby. Half way throughout my pregnancy, the most effective and preferred medication for blood pressure management in pregnancy - labetalol, became unavailable and surcumed to an Australia wide shortage. This medication controlled my blood pressure perfectly through pregnancy for the time that I was taking it. The other medications for blood pressure management that are safe throughout pregnancy were trialled, but were not as effective as labetalol in managing my pre existing high blood pressure. I continued to be unable to obtain any labetalol as the Australia wide shortage continued for the remainder of my pregnancy. I developed preeclampsia which can be devastating for both mother and baby, on top of my preexisting high blood pressure. The development of preeclampsia was directly as a result of being unable to obtain the medication labetalol, as this was the only safe medication that controlled my blood pressure effectively. The developmemt of preeclampsia resulted in an earlier than planned induction of birth. Luckily my baby was born healthy, despite being born premature. As a result of developing preeclampsia on top of my already pre-existing high blood pressure, I suffered an acute kidney injury which required close blood monitoring and specialist care post birth. I required a longer hospital stay than planned to monitor my kidney function and acute kidney injury, directly as a result of being unable to obtain labetalol. \nI worry for any other expectant mothers that may have difficulties getting the medications they need in their pregnancy - as being unable to get the medications they need affects the health and wellbeing of themselves and their unborn baby.\nMy baby is now 11 weeks old and labetalol is still unavailable Australia wide. \nThe pharmaceutical changes the current government is proposing will only make medication shortages worse, leaving people without the essential medications they need. This will have a direct result on the already drowning, healthcare system. \nAs I would love to have another child in the future, I worry that labetalol will still be unavailable, ultimately effecting the health of myself and baby throughout any future pregnancies. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 03:04:10","Email":"oaeyre@gmail.com","FirstName":"Olivia Chisholm ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2285","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"313","Message":"I don't want to run out of my blood pressure tablets i am on a pension i can't afford to pay full price for my tablets ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 02:02:47","Email":"Jodiemccormack041@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jodie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2548","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"312","Message":"Im a type 2 diabetic and have high blood pressure. and I usually get my Webster packs monthly but this week was asked to come fortnightly to pick up 2 weeks worth  as there were shortages nationwide .this was at blooms warilla Grove .","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 01:30:51","Email":"Saabdholmes@yahoo.com.au ","FirstName":"David Holmes ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2529","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"311","Message":"The possible shortage of Escitalopram causes me great concern. I have type 2 Bipolar Disorder, axis severe, chronic, treatment resistant Major Depressive Disorder. The range of antidepressants safe for people with Bipolar is very restricted as the majority of them cause mood  switching, which means mood changes throughout the day, every day.\nEscitalopram is one of the very few safe for me to take.\nThe repercussions of this medication being unavailable fills me with anxiety. Without it my severe, chronic, treatment resistant Major Depressive Disorder is worse, and at times so unbearable that I develop suicidal ideation.\nPlease don't risk the lives of people with severe illnesses.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 01:17:43","Email":"vyoung776@gmail.com","FirstName":"Valerie Young","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4031","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"310","Message":"I wouldn't like to see people with complicated medical conditions or people using mainstream meds to go without or have to change to a less suitable medication, and if that does happen it too will go out of stock very quickly because pharmacies keep less of it and less is made by manufacturers to start with. I also can't go without some of my medication. \nPlease sign the petition to help protect your loved ones and friends. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-05 01:17:26","Email":"tingrammarczan@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tracy ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2517","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"309","Message":"I have a chronic incurable condition called Peripheral Neuropathy that causes extreme nerve pain. Unless you nerve pain it is hard to understand it's severity. I have had both knees replacements and one hip that still is giving trouble. My wife has Osteo arthritis and rheumatoid artritis and is also suffering extreme pain. We need our prescribed meds and the cut off payment limit to afford them. We have both worked all out lives and paid taxes. We are now retired and gradually but surely being discarded by Governments in this country. \n ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 23:29:31","Email":"treny1951@gmail.com","FirstName":"Brian Trengove ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2731","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"307","Message":"I'm not happy about this some people need their medication ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 21:00:08","Email":"alyshafclarke@gmail.com","FirstName":"Alysha","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2402","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"306","Message":"We live in a small community and already have dispensary issues, we have 1 Chemist and when they can't supply we have then a 100k round trip to find another dispensary who may have them in stock. My worry is that 60 day dispensing will cause more and more shortages. We are both in our 70s and have many life changing issues which are controlled by medications, as the cost of living bites the fuel prices rise and we have to travel a 100k round trip to get our meds and then may have to return the following day because the stock arrives tomorrow. \nYou, the government, are supposed to be the solution not the problem!!\nThat's what people voted for!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 14:09:20","Email":"brijude@activ8.net.au","FirstName":"Jude","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5238","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"305","Message":"I am a disability pensioner. I have Severe Asthma, Palindromic Rheumatism (an episodic form of Rheumatoid Arthritis), Osteoarthritis in many joints in my body, Osteopenia, Chronic Pain, Chronic Migraines, Facial Neuralgia (both sides), Neuralgia in various parts of my body, Clinical Depression ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 13:43:51","Email":"walkertalker@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Colleen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5107","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"304","Message":"Reading the bottom of this, YOUR PROUD OF THE AMOUNT OF CLOT SHOTS GIVEN GRRR. My mother died from this poison. The grubberment has its filthy fingers everywhere!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 13:21:35","Email":"janinemrandall@gmail.com","FirstName":"Janine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4110","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"303","Message":"My concern is my husband is a diabetic and heart and vascular disease. He struggles at times to get medication prescribed by doctors already. My other concern is why our grubberment is trying so hard to destroy our country. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 13:18:22","Email":"janinemrandall@gmail.com","FirstName":"Janine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4110","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"302","Message":"I took time off to raise my family with the intention of not returning to pharmacy .Unfortunately Covid hit and with the short supply of pharmacists , it was an easy decision to return to serve the community . In the 2 years I've worked under supervision,  I've seen how hard the staff work to cope with Covid . Staff coming to work risking catching Covid from the public and bringing it back to their own family . Dealing with increased work load supplying RAT tests , vaccinating the public with Covid vaccines and flu vaccines , staff shortages due to staff contracting Covid and neeading to isolate . \nThen to make shirt staff situation worse ,  the need to pull one staff to stand at the front to mamdatory ensure all customers have checked in correctly.\n\nAt times I work so hard serving from one customer to the next that I forget to take my lunch until 3pm.\n\nI am very grateful and  fortunate to work in a pharmacy where the customers really do appreciate the work that pharmacists and staff  do and they know that they can always come and see us for any medication questions-no appointments necessary.  Prompt FREE  advice and sometimes no medications recommended.\n\nThe pharmacy also run a walk-in vaccination service which proved very convenient for the community saving then time as well .\n\nOur patients  also enjoy FREE monthly Webster packing where a full time dispensary technician\/ packer is hired and the pharmacist spends the equivalent of 2 days to check Webster's. \n\nFree delivery is also provided to any customers who are unable to get out due to illhealth and no support.\n\nThis policy will force us to start charging for these services to make it viable. \nTrading hours will also be reviewed.\n\nToday I read that the government is including in the budget to increase the wages of our hard-working nurses. Yet they are cutting the revenue of another health care provider who also work hard when Covid hit . \nWe currently struggle to secure pharmacists so we can have a break to recharge. This policy will really discourage any new contenders considering a career or business opportunity in pharmacy.  And encourage those to exit pharmacy early.\n\nI see each and every day how hard the staff work and would break my heart to see any of them loose their job due to this proposed policy.\n\nTo Albanese Government , its not too late to pull a plug to this . The damage this will cost to the community and  pharmacy owners definitely outweighs the mininal $180 savings per customer per year . That's a mere 50cents a day !!! ($15 a month ) \n\nIf patients can't access their local chemist whom by now are forced to shut , they will need to go see the doctor who won't bulk bill and be charged $30 out of pocket per consult. So Save $15 on your medince a month but spend at least $30 in return to see the Doctor for a simple ailment .  Alternatively they can turn up to the local Hospital's Emergency department , get triaged and wait\n 5-6 hours to see a doctor for something (eg gastro ) that could easily be treated at the local chemist within a FREE 5minute consult . \n\nMore than half of our customers enjoy their regular visits to the pharmacy . This to them is an outing where they come in have a chat , joke around , laugh and update us on their health.  For most elderly people this is a social outing which benefit their mental health . To reduce the frequency would surely impact them in a way. \n\nTo our loyal customers  , we will fight for you but we need your help and support too. \n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 12:49:01","Email":"Rachellim1134@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rachel Lim","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2529","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"301","Message":"With 60 days dispensing , I worry about medication shortages and also medications waste if patient change medications ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 12:20:30","Email":"myhanhtu@tpg.com.au","FirstName":"Hanh","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2161","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"300","Message":"Hello I thought I would let you know I have been running into these shortages for months. Multiple of my medications have been in shortage and I have a life threatening condition Addison's disease if I do not take hydrocortisone I will die. Hydrocortisone is in shortage I brought the last bottle from my regular pharmacy last week. I also live with Multiple chronic pain issues and oxycodone is also in short supply I have had to use different brands and wait for some to come in the following day with hope it will actually be in the pharmacy order with none left not knowing there was a shortage. This is not ok! Living in fear of not able to access the medicine that keeps me alive is terrifying and beyond stressful and im not supposed to be under extreme stress with Addison's disease or my fibromyalgia pain. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 11:59:21","Email":"pamjames86@gmail.com","FirstName":"Pamela ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5086","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"298","Message":"I am very disturbed about the proposed change to allowing doctors to prescribe a two month supply of medications.  With medications in such short supply already, despite the best efforts of pharmacists to obtain supplies from various wholesalers, this move is a recipe for disaster.  Australians\u2019 lives are in danger and it is irresponsible of the Federal Government to consider increasing the amount of medication available without revue and doctors to be supporting and encouraging this  change, knowing the supply situation.\n\nI already am unable to fill some of my prescriptions, so fear the future if this change is introduced.  I urge the Federal Government to reconsider allowing doctors to prescribe a two month supply of medications.  The effect of the same change in New Zealand has been such dire shortages that supply for prescription medications is now limited to seven days.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 10:41:56","Email":"margarethession@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Margaret Hession","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2486","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"297","Message":"Hello, \nI\u2019m sending this email in hope that the 60 day dispensing of Medication does not go ahead. The Government does not know how much pressure is currently on pharmacies. \n\nLeaving Pharmacists and Pharmacy Assistants to tell a sick\/ in need customers that we can\u2019t supply them with their life saving medication is not why pharmacies exist.\n\nCurrently there is such a large shortage of medication and with this policy that shortage will get a lot worse. \n\nPeople should  not have that quantity of medication in there homes, it is extremely unsafe, our duty of care is to look after the community and check in with them when they come to get there scripts each month, now there is no one to check that they are ok especially with elderly patients.\n\nPharmacies will close, the public will suffer majorly! it\u2019s on you! Help us fix this issue!\n\nThroughout Covid lockdowns Pharmacy staff worked grueling hours away from their families,  in the time that they were needed most. On the frontline with no help\/aid from the government for our hard work, sweat and tears no pay rise or any incentive. You all need to listen to us that work in the Pharmaceutical industry. \n\nThis will be a nightmare!\n\nPharmacy staff will go on strike! This can\u2019t happen\n\nThis is people\u2019s health in your hands. \n\nthink about your community and your own families. \n\nKind Regards, Concerned Pharmacy Assistant","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 10:18:20","Email":"dcgenergyratings@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Karen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3156","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"295","Message":"I am a pharmacy assistant in a small town, already seeing the effects of medicine shortages. Being the only pharmacy in the area, it would have a devastating impact on the community, who are mostly in the older age demographic. We would see less of our valued and much loved customers, with less monitoring, and ultimately would have a serious impact on the health and well being of many. \nI believe the government should think long and hard about the impact this will have to so many, and less on their self serving policies and ever increasing pay packets","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 07:16:34","Email":"kylie_empress.oils@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Kylie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6290","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"294","Message":"I'm a local pharmacist in the Whitsundays and I am seriously concerned for the impact such a policy could have. This will worsen medicine shortage, increase potential for medication misuse and force pharmacies to have to reduce services. A disaster waiting to happen.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 06:10:55","Email":"tahlia_manuel@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Tahlia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4802","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"293","Message":"We are 76 years old and both of us need several prescriptions. Some are necessary for quality of life and some necessary to keep us alive. I am not impressed with what this government has done. It is completely the wrong approach to reduce the cost of medicines. It is a typical solution by people who have no real financial understanding and how a stupid decision can affect some sections of the community. Any decision should be a win-win not one where pharmacists and customers both lose. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 05:34:55","Email":"asgz47_99@outlook.com","FirstName":"Alfred","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3140","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"292","Message":"as a female small business owner with a team of 25 (mostly women) I am horrified to know that the Labor government are not listening to our fears for the viability of pharmacies and hence the wellbeing of our community. 3 years at the frontline has already stretched me to capacity and I'll have to refer more to hospital and medical centres if this 'economic reform' is implemented. Maddi' (30 years second generation pharmacist)","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 05:17:51","Email":"maddi@mvcp.com.au","FirstName":"Maddi'","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"291","Message":"I have multiple chronic illnesses, I use a Mum and Son pharmacy that will be put out of business by this not to mention the problems I am already having with Medicare and medication supply. We are already invisible to the government but this will cause us so much grief. It is hard enough to be disabled and have a medication supply shortage because that is what this will cause, which will have most of us living in terrible pain. A lot of us already do but this will make it worse. Our governments need to be listening to the people that these changes will affect not the advisers that don't understand.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 04:49:07","Email":"maz4au@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Maria","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3977","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"290","Message":"Why is it possible for people who WISH TO LOSE WEIGHT to access a drug that is ESSENTIAL TO TREAT DIABETICS to use up stocks of these ESSENTIAL DRUGS. IF the ELECTED POLITICIANS were not able to source them, I would wager that it would be quickly passed through parliament to stop this atrocious situation.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 03:45:43","Email":"davidmfield@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Davis","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3555","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"289","Message":"I am prescribed Dipentum for my Polymyalgra Rheumatica (I think it is spelt like this). I am unable to take medicines with a sodium base. I am told it will not be supplied very soon. What do I do?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 03:39:40","Email":"davidmfield@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Marilyn Field","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3555","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"288","Message":"It's not only prescription medicine shortage it's also DR shortage to write the prescripts, Both my wife and i have bad hearts, Mine from working to hard in my early life, and my wife's due to swine flue14 years ago, but getting to see a Dr is hopeless, the last time my wife had a problem and went to outpatients and ended up talking to a Dr on a computer god knows where in the world he was coming from, my wife is having a bad time at the moment as they are taking her of one medication and placing her on another different one and she is having all sorts of problems but cant get to see a Dr, The visits when we can get a booking are very far and few between, if you can't se a Dr you cant get medication, I cant get 2 mg warfarin to keep my blood at the right INR level, And can't understand why a person on blood thinners cant have a machine like people with diabetes, we could do our own at home also if we had our own machine, we wouldn't have to rely on Dr just to have an INR test done each fortnight, it has Been 2 Months since i have seen a Dr because we cant get an appointment and my wife has not seen a Dr for 6 weeks and both won't get to see the Dr until the 30 may, so stretching the medicine out by missing night and mornings is not good for our health, but the government is probably doing that on purpose to kill us all of the government in charge at the moment needs to GO, Get rid of them   ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 03:14:09","Email":"jacquelana77@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Brian","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2339","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"287","Message":"Regional Remote Community Pharmacy Owner \n\nI am questioning if Mark Butler and Nicole Higgins would like to come to work and have it sprung on them that their income is going to be slashed , meaning they cant do their job to their full capacity as the lights are out and we dont have any staff , then in the process to be able when we are at work, to be able, to be in the right headspace, all the while considering if we will lose the business , go bankrupt and lose our house !\nAll this with no consultation with ALL the stakeholders\n\nAll these years Community Pharmacy has provided a FREE walk in Professional advice service , Free phone up to patients and other Health practitioners alike , all obviously has no $ value those persons as evidenced by this \"ill informed Government led act\"\n\nI invite Mark Butler and Nicole Higgins to a sit down\/ or stand up for 10 hour day with myself","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 02:51:30","Email":"carnarvon@amcal.net.au","FirstName":"Robin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6701","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"286","Message":"I have chronic pain issues and type 1 diabetes. I visit my local community independent pharmacy once a week for a variety of things. They know my situation, my needs and are a massive support to me. I don\u2019t want two months of meds - I want to know that when I walk into my pharmacy each week they will have what I need. More than that, I want to know that my wonderful pharmacy will still be there for me! The pharmacy itself employs local people, they too are hit by the cost of living crisis and they don\u2019t want to have their shifts cut, but the pharmacy can\u2019t afford to have less money coming in for double the meds going out. My meds are not supportive - they are survival. I would die if I did not have my insulin and other diabetes supplies, and my ability to be a functioning thriving university lecturer and single mum would vanish if I didn\u2019t have access to my pain management medication.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 02:44:09","Email":"tanyaford11@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tanya","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"285","Message":"I am very concerned about prescription medicine shortages especially with the Government's proposal to extend prescriptions to 2 monthly. Bot my husband and myself rely heavily on our medicines for quality of life.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-04 01:24:28","Email":"Frandonovan@hotmail.com ","FirstName":"Fran donovan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"282","Message":"I am a pensioner who relies on affordable access to medication for a chronic illness. Recently, I contracted a bacterial infection as well as another type of infection. All the pharmacists in my area were out of all generic brands of antibiotics (I needed two different types of medicine) I had to pay full price for one that was not covered by my pension and a surcharge on the one that was. This meant that I couldn't afford any probiotics to prevent further complications and had to put off buying my regular medications.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 23:59:27","Email":"hulskamp.natalie@gmail.com","FirstName":"Natalie ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2615","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"278","Message":"I already have issues sometimes getting my medication when my pharmacy is running low. I have neurological conditions that require medication so I am able to perform at my job and study. I want to be successful to contribute to making my community a better place, and having access to medication is an essential part of that for me. This choice from the government is devastating and will hurt Australia\u2019s economy as well as its citizens.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 22:13:20","Email":"laura.wallace9@gmail.com","FirstName":"Laura","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3000","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"276","Message":"I have worked as a community pharmacist for over 15 years. These government changes that have been proposed will make working conditions impossible. We will simply not be able to dispense medications safely. The drop in the dispensing fee will lead to less staff and more work. Much of our work like phonecalls dealing with patients having medication problems, poisonings etc goes unpaid and is done in between dispensing and juggling other tasks.\nMost pharmacists are doing at least 5 things at a time. I think this is enough for me. I'm getting out of community pharmacy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 16:01:14","Email":"dickiemeister@gmail.com","FirstName":"John ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4306","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"275","Message":"it would be good too have scripts more to not have to pay doctors that don't bulk bill.as 56 year old that is on jobseeker and don't always have that money in the bank account.like $110 dollars twice or even three times a week.but don't like to know if we will run out of medicine if this happens.so the government need to work this out.i have so many meds I'm on.its so sad government has left this to now.please we put you there so try and fix it.its not going away and there's always going to be people that need help with medicent.but the government get all that they need.just don't worry about us?the people that put you there will only take so much.please don't  let us die.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 13:55:42","Email":"gsttsg67@gmail.com","FirstName":"Gayelen ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3634","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"274","Message":"I have been on prescription medication for the last 15 years, but don't take it if I don't feel I need it.  A 60 days supply will last me a long time, but suspect some of it may go out of date.  I rely on the pharmacy for my health - seems crazy this newbie government are doing this without discussing with the pharmacies? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 13:35:46","Email":"sgwilson99@gmail.com","FirstName":"Scott","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6503","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"273","Message":"I work in a community pharmacy and see the impact first hand of these medication shortages. The government simply do not understand the extent in which this can harm people. Warfarin, Ozempic, Antibiotics, the list goes on and on. These have all been in short supply. Providing two boxes per person at a time will decrease the chance of the next person attaining a box. Partnered with the fee cut from dispensing fees - how are community pharmacies expected to survive? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 12:51:52","Email":"hanlhoward26@gmail.com","FirstName":"Hannah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3051","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"271","Message":"As a regional community pharmacist I am deeply concerned about how the 60 day dispensing will impact our most vulnerable. Loneliness, sickness, tablet confusion and medication shortages need someone to talk to and help them find solutions. How can we keep an open conversation if I see them half as much? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 11:18:27","Email":"maddi@mvcp.com.au","FirstName":"Maddi","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"270","Message":"I suffer mental health issues and am on quite a few medications to help me cope each day. A shortage of these types of meds would throw me into a horrible uncontrollable state.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 11:14:21","Email":"wenspedroaz@internode.on.net","FirstName":"Wendy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5127","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"269","Message":"My husband and I are on only a couple of medications which are both on the list for 60 day supply. One of these we are still working out the strength we need to no on. This if our medication changes means we will be wasting potentially a whole months worth of medication. Which in these times seems to be such a waste. \nMy mother is on a few medications and usually reaches her safety net mid year upon which they become free. With this new idea she will never reach her safety net. This only might be a small amount of money to you but not reaching the safety net she won\u2019t have that spare cash to help family out or for our family Christmas gathering in which mum likes to cater for, with that extra cash. \nPlease think carefully about this idea I think it\u2019s very wrong. \nNot to say the little pharmacy I shop at to keep it local might close or become restricted opening hours. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 11:05:24","Email":"sharonwigham@icloud.com","FirstName":"Sharon","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6233","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"268","Message":"Why change something that works for the user of these medications. I've been taking medications since mid December and the system works well for me. Changes and insufficient supply of some meds will only add more stress to one's life.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 10:42:23","Email":"annieh64@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Annette","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3400","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"266","Message":"I have Parkinson\u2019s disease and COPD and need to take medications to survive I am worried if I can not access medications on time I could contract numonia which could be fatal\nI am on a disability pension and although it would be good to have medications cheaper it should not be at the cost to the local pharmacy I rely on the support our pharmacist gives us advice and services \nThus situation need to be addressed quickly ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 10:25:55","Email":"mrjohnmatthew@outlook.com","FirstName":"John","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2577","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"264","Message":"I take seven tablets a day from my heart and if I can\u2019t get them  it will be dire consequences","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 08:25:04","Email":"evens-bay0k@icloud.com","FirstName":"Elaine ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2256","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"262","Message":"After a Heart Attack and a number of other medical issues, I need my medicines to keep me alive.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 07:53:23","Email":"saundo11@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Edwin Craig Saunderson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"261","Message":"I sort of understand your concern over shortages of medicines if you are giving out double. If that is a genuine concern, could you not allow the patient to pay for their double dose, but keep half \"aside\" and allow them to collect it the following month, without needing to pay the dispensing fee again?\nThe stock would be unaffected, but the patient would still get the financial benefit. \nOr is the whole point of your campaign to make sure you get the extra dispensing fee?","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 07:48:07","Email":"droughan@topia.com.au","FirstName":"David Roughan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2076","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"260","Message":"Increasing the dispensing limit is nonsensical. GP's generally write scripts for ongoing medication treatment with up to 5 repeats following the original. Each script is notionally for a one month treatment.Dispensing for a longer period is simply hoarding medicines that can be used by others. From experience, you dont need to have an onhand supply in excess of a month.The governments proposal also has the potential for unnecessary wastage of medicines that were overdispensed should the GP consider changing or stopping that particular medicant to his patient.\nOverdispensing in special cases may be appropriate should extended periods of absence such as overseas relocations or circumstances prevail. It is totally unnecessary in normal residency circumstances. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 07:45:34","Email":"djgoldrick@bigpond.com.au","FirstName":"Darryl","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2528","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"259","Message":"More info and facts are needed","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 06:37:54","Email":"kallas@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Andrew Kallas","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2212","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"257","Message":"I have type 2diabeties and have not been able to have my prescription for truelicity for months because people are using it to loose weight. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 05:05:57","Email":"mmrae@live.com","FirstName":"Mary Rae ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2264","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"256","Message":"Living regional our local pharmacies play a huge roll in our health issues. My husband and I are elderly with quite a few health issues which require multiple scripts, we are only one couple besides thousands of others in the community in the same predicament. If the pharmacies are obliged to duplicate our scripts, this not only puts a huge stress on the staff trying to obtain enough medications to fill the demand also the stress on all of us in the community. There are already some medications unable to be filled. Thank you for reading my story. Hazel","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 05:03:21","Email":"Brizann@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Hazel Reid","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"255","Message":"This new plan to allow 60 day scripts must not go ahead. Our regional, wonderful pharmacy and pharmacists may be unable to get urgent medication for their clients.\nLeave it as it is please.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 04:36:50","Email":"louharro@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Lou","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2548","Anonymous":"True"},{"ID":"254","Message":"Another blow for primary healthcare. Community Pharmacy is, and always has been, an easy target for governments. We are the first to be used by the government when it suits them (look at the vaccinations we did during covid).  We are supposed to be in a partnership with the government and it needs to work both ways, cutting funding out of pharmacies in the midst of an agreement is basically poor form. A lot of services will be cut as a result of this change and it will be detrimental to patients' health. We are here to serve the public and achieve the best possible health outcomes for the Australian people, keeping them out of hospitals and lessening the load on an already stretched GP system. Changing the terms of an agreement mid-way through it is extremely rude and will hurt pharmacy in general. \n\nWe are here to help the public in all aspects of their health and the reduction in services will be felt by ALL Australians. Medication packs, home deliveries, blood pressure checks, vaccinations - these are all possible due to the terms of the current agreement between the government and us (all your local community pharmacies).","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 02:32:39","Email":"sahilparekh@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sahil","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4280","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"251","Message":"Several of my prescription medicines have been hard to obtain recently and I feel it will only get worse Thanks Mr Albanese and Co","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-03 02:12:41","Email":"gazmaz.2@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Gary M","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2548","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"250","Message":"I'm extremely anxious about my future health, as I'm already on restricted prescribed drugs  (as well as medications for asthma, diabetes,  heart, )\ndue to health issues complicated by domestic violence  . And as I get older it does seem you take\/ need more and more pills.\nIf these medicines aren't available how does one get to live a full life,\nIf someone was to die due to the fact that they couldn't access the medication the doctor prescribed,\nDoes that mean the family could sue for a wrongful death, due to lack of duty of care , from the government. \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 23:08:00","Email":"michmischief@outlook.com ","FirstName":"Micheline Gray","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2518","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"249","Message":"My health situation is not exceptional and is for the most part very common. I have Coeliac disease, need calcium and vitamin D supplements and several medications every day to manage high blood pressure, cholesterol levels, colitis, osteoarthritis and trigeminal neuralgia (TN). \n\nIn particular, TN is not so common and causes extremely painful facial pain, unless managed with pregabalin and carbamazepine pain-blocking medications. These medications make the pain manageable when nothing else can. \n\nThe anxiety of knowing that it is possible that the medications that help me cope with my daily pain could be in short supply due to government policies and may not be available is in addition causing me further stress-related pain and periods of depression. \n\nI am astonished that the government could be irresponsible in its decision making with regard to this issue. Surely it is obvious that the ongoing security of regular supply of prescription medicines is critical to so many people\u2019s wellbeing.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 11:08:30","Email":"Robyn.petch@gmail.com","FirstName":"Robyn Petch","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2604","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"248","Message":"Both my wife and I have been missing out on some of our diabetic medication, also my wife has been missing out on one of her heart medications. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 10:31:31","Email":"keithmilford55@gmail.com","FirstName":"William","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2304","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"247","Message":"I need medication for chronic back pain and can only get 10 days suppl\u00fd at a time I have problems with medical centre making appointments for renewal of my scripts recently when I had needed new script I was told I would have to wait for 7 days before I could talk with doctor I had a lotta pain problems and no relief after much stress and anxiety with my problem I had to put in a complaint I don't like been treated this way  They made me look like the arsesole for making complaints  I'm 65 years old and a member of Cobar copper city mens shed   JD ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 08:46:06","Email":"johndegoumois5@gmail.com","FirstName":"John","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2835","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"246","Message":"My psychiatrist insists I have Zoloft brand, but I haven\u2019t been able to get it for months.. I\u2019m so worried about all brands being unavailable, as they were not too long ago. My mental health plummeting terrifies me.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 08:23:27","Email":"p.howland@me.com","FirstName":"Penny","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4428","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"245","Message":"I\u2019m an older person. The world has become scarier as I grow older. I\u2019m just recovering after a broken foot from a fall, I took a walk around my yard for some exercise. I\u2019m too frightened to walk the streets as other older folks have taken falls and were left for ages before help arrived, usually by chance. The frustration we feel as older people, pensioners, isolated and forgotten with our health problems and people acting like gods, political fools, is sad indeed.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 07:54:35","Email":"Absihart@gmail.com","FirstName":"Abbi","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"244","Message":"I have 16 prescriptions I need to fill regularly and can't afford to go without medication.  I take big doses of antidepressants and I don't like what happens to me if I can't take them due to shortages. I have medication for anxiety, blood pressure, hypothyroidism and diabetes too","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 07:45:42","Email":"cathyandalan6@gmail.com","FirstName":"Cathy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4301","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"243","Message":"I am a young patient on a long list of medications for many medical illnesses. I am increasingly worried about panic buying of medications as I often have to shop around and get severe withdrawals if I miss a day of medication, which can put me in medical danger. The anxiety it is causing in the community is rising and I would like to see only one month of medication to be dispensed at a time. My local pharmacy is going out of business if this continues. Please look out for Australians with severe conditions. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 06:27:59","Email":"jillian.b.webster@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jillian","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6053","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"242","Message":"As I work in a Pharmacy there will be added pressure on us as some medications will be unavailable due to a supply shortage as people will want 2 months worth.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 05:39:15","Email":"katrinaharling@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Katrina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4610","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"241","Message":"I can't get access to a basic antibiotic for my child! Apparently it's been out of stock from suppliers for several months. This should not be the standard of medicine supply in Australia. It's frustrating going back to the dr to change the medication. Why should we be put in this position? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 04:45:06","Email":"jackson.robertson333@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jackson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3064","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"240","Message":"Hi I can\u2019t believe that the medical benefits talking away ( no bulk billing, have to pay flue vaccines for all 4 members in family, no appointments available for nearly 2 weeks at the Jp ) and the amount of tax I paid last year","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 04:23:29","Email":"Mepani2010aus@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Dharmendra","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2285","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"239","Message":"Today in my 5 hour shift I have 6 patients I have dealt with personally that I have not been able to supply their medications to due to stock shortages from the manufacturers. I had 5 patients I could not supply doubluts to and another patient that I could not supply Ezalo 10\/5mg to. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 03:46:06","Email":"mariannemathews@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Marianne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4061","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"238","Message":"I am on 11 wayfarins daily and have not been able to source 5 mg for 2   months so have needed to take 2 \/5 ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 03:22:49","Email":"cdowning@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Downing","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3125","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"237","Message":"My husband frequently can't get diabetes meds leading to hospitalisation. They should ban their use for weight loss untill supply up to scratch. Mum also frequently can't get various meds and we need to get dr appointment to get script for alternative - as if drs weren't already overbooked!!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 02:28:58","Email":"froggy62@aapt.net.au","FirstName":"Lyn","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2540","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"236","Message":"I have trouble getting medications and with new legislation I will never reach safety net ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 01:53:10","Email":"charterisglenn@gmail.com","FirstName":"Glenn Charteris ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3218","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"234","Message":"I'm on mental health medications and so is my husband . Really need to be on them otherwise the effects will be catastrophic.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-02 00:28:50","Email":"wenspedroaz@internode.on.net","FirstName":"Wendy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5127","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"233","Message":"60-day dispensing will negatively affect my health, and everyone's in the community. I publicly condemn this Labour policy.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 23:16:01","Email":"nanette@opusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Nanette","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2020","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"230","Message":"This should have never been considered, it will increase medicine shortages and put Australian lives at risk, increase stock piling and increase of medicine misuse and potential overdoses, which I turn will all put more pressure on an under resourced medical system????? Why??? Why???? \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 17:48:09","Email":"Mandyritchie2015@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mandy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4074","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"229","Message":"I currently use the drug Bisoprolol after having a cardiac arrest a few years sgo. It is the only medication that I gave been presecribed that actually stabilises my heart function. I fear going to a pharmacy to discover that it is unavailable. Living in a regional area I have limited pharmacy's I can access if one doesn't have it. Another drug I use for prostate treatment (Duodart) is already in short supply and I have to use an alternative that is no where as effective. I do not want my health compromised by the foolish decisions of politicians.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 11:46:18","Email":"philip_scott63@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Philip","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4341","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"228","Message":"My 86 year old Mum is on a lot of medications which are keeping her alive.  The Government needs to do something about the shortages.  We don\u2019t need 2 months of supply at a time.  This will only criple the existing shortages.  Who is making these crazy decisions.  Sack that person.  God help us.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 11:15:26","Email":"brankahedges@aol.com","FirstName":"Branka Hedges","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2770","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"227","Message":"Have been unable to get Zoloft for the last 4 months. Other, generic brand doesn\u2019t give the same relief of my condition and I have been waiting for this to come back into stock only to discover that it is likely not going to. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 09:50:05","Email":"almaddocks@gmail.com","FirstName":"Anna","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6012","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"226","Message":"These shortages have been around for quite sometime. In some cases medications that are a combination need to be supplied separately so costing double! \nPoliticians have no idea and continue with there thought bubble mentality.\nWould they take a 50% paycut?? \nTwice the medication will have to be labelled for half the price so more time costs re labels etc for less pay !! Who thought this would be a good idea??? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 09:24:17","Email":"nehemiacharters@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Sandra","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3223","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"224","Message":"Iam 70 years old and have suffered with diabetes for over ten years.  Over the last six months I have had to use tablets instead of insulin injections because Doctors were prescribing insulin injections for weight loss.  The tablets did not work as well as the insulin pen for me - my blood readings were higher.  Back on the insulin pen and readings  are back to normal for me.  What is the Australian Government thinking and who gives them the right to interfer with our health and our lives.  Who ever dreamed up this idea has no concept of how this impacts on the lives of everyday Australians with serious health problems.  Shortage of medicines is a crime that the Government should be accountable for.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 08:50:24","Email":"rjgibson53@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Rhonda","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4128","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"221","Message":"I rely on Orixine, I CAN NOT TAKE ANYTHING ELSE.   Without this medication,  I WILL DIE.   ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 03:19:32","Email":"lindajane.64.lg@gmail.com","FirstName":"Linda Jane Rehwinkel","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2550","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"220","Message":"I have Kidney failure only 1kidney that worked 22% also Diabetes I now have Ozempic which my k function is now 42%, have trouble getting script's monthly,this new 2 monthly is ridiculous means some might get medication others will miss out,I have since had Heart attack and mild stroke,for God sake leave Prescriptions monthly \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 02:58:32","Email":"pamelajudd22@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Pamela ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3207","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"219","Message":"As an age pensioner on a lot of medications, I am truly concerned about the proposed changes to the pharmaceutical industry.\n\nI continue to be able to work part-time and contribute to the community because of the excellent health care I receive.  My local pharmacy, Hawthorn East Pharmacy, provides me and all those in my area, excellent service in so many ways.  I can have medication delivered, pay later when I have the money, and am able to speak to the pharmacist on the phone whenever needed.  This wonderful service needs to continue for the increasingly aging population.  Making cuts to any revenue received by local pharmacies is not even an option.  I voted for our current Labour government to ensure that areas such as health care, education and welfare are protected.  These proposed changes are worrying, to say the least.  Please continue to support our hardworking small pharmacists!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 02:51:56","Email":"Robynnekelson8@iinet.net.au","FirstName":"Robynne ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3223","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"218","Message":"I have been having supply problems for months now for Ozampic \nThanks \nAnn ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 02:49:24","Email":"amcoorey@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ann-Margret Coorey","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2290","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"216","Message":"I have not been able to get my medication for diabetes.have had to go on tablets with lots of side effects","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 01:13:16","Email":"adamsrosslyn3@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ros adams","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5161","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"215","Message":"I would like to give you a personal perspective on the daily challenges of meeting the needs of our patients. As an independent community focused pharmacy, all our patients are attended to by a registered pharmacist and are individually counselled on their health care needs.\n\nTo provide an understanding of daily interactions, I would like to share with you some examples of the care we provided in a single day last week.\n\nThe day begins with the \u201cusual\u201d phone calls from consumers, trying to source medications that are not currently available. At the top of the list are diabetic, heart and cholesterol combination medications. We are not able to help these people as our priority is to provide these prescription drugs if and when they become available to our own patients already on a waiting list.\n\nA father presents with a prescription for an antibiotic, in syrup form for his three year old son. This form has not been available for the last few weeks. It is an antibiotic for a specific condition. The pharmacist consults with the parent who is confident the child will be able to swallow an adult style capsule. The pharmacist then consults with the prescribing doctor and organises for an alternative script to be sent to the pharmacy in order to provide the medication that day.\n\nThe pharmacy is notified of the impending arrival of a medication for diabetes that is in high demand but has been difficult to source and unavailable for an extended period of time. We receive six boxes which is insufficient for all our patients. We must assess who is going to be supplied and then notify our patients by phone.\n\nThe partner of an elderly patient suffering from early-stage Alzheimer\u2019s condition presents with a prescription for his medication. Unfortunately, the brand of his tablets is another difficult to source product and has been out of stock for weeks. The partner is distraught as she knows her husband will be confused and upset that an alternative brand will come in different packaging and the tablet looks different.\n\nAnother patient wants to collect her combination pack of cholesterol medication. Unfortunately, this drug is also unavailable. We ring the doctor, organise a new prescription to be sent for two alternative drugs and dispense these for the patient.\n\nEach of these and other similar interactions need time as well as understanding to resolve and meet the individual needs of our patients.\n\nOur pharmacy model is to manage these issues with as little disruption as possible to the treatment prescribed by our patient\u2019s doctors.\n\nFor these reasons I believe the change to the 60-day supply model is not in the best interests of patients in particular the elderly and infirm.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 00:38:22","Email":"kingsdene.pharmacy@gmail.com","FirstName":"Athena (Pharmacist)","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2118","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"214","Message":"I have been on medication for over 7 years. I need it on a daily basis. Skipping one dose immediately impacts my physical health, leaving me dizzy and generally unable to function properly. At one point there was an unexplained shortage - I couldn't get it anywhere and had to take the generic brand. I had a severe adverse reaction to the generic brand, including racing heart beat, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. No medication at this point was better than the generic brand. I took time off, without pay, and kept searching for chemists who might have some stock.\nI know this will happen again if people are allowed to purchase large amounts of drugs at one time. People will hoard (scared of more lock downs) and some may unscrupulously figure out scams to purchase here in Australia so they can sell them for much higher amounts overseas.\nPlease don't allow this. Decisions like this destroy lives.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 00:28:49","Email":"Venetia77@live.com.au","FirstName":"Sophie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6051","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"213","Message":"I have had nothing but trouble with supply for quite some time. Especially when it comes to my young child ! Do better ! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-05-01 00:05:19","Email":"jana.lovesya@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jana Shilo","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2656","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"212","Message":"Stories from the pharmacy: \nI saw a boy from mu daughters school and mother come to the pharmacy on Friday and went out to say hello. I knew he\u2019d been unwell and asked how he was going. He was pale, had a headache for 2 days and was lethargic. His mother said that they\u2019d been down the street for 30 mins and was ready to go home. I asked him to put his chin to chest, which he said hurt. \nI told the mother to take him to the hospital and mention the word Meningitis, so that she\u2019s not fobbed off by a busy hospital ED. \n\nShe rang the hospital and they did fob her off to call 13 health, which she did. They agreed that he should be assessed by the hospital for Meningitis and they called an ambulance. \nHe was taken to the local hospital by ambulance and wasn\u2019t seen for around 4-5 hours by a doctor but had bloods taken earlier. Meningitis was confirmed and he was transferred to Toowoomba for treatment. They are waiting to confirm the strain and find out the treatment course. \nAs an aside I got a message from the ambulance officer that responded to the call out asking a question (unrelated). I mentioned that I knew she\u2019d been on that call out. She replied that he must have presented much worse to me than to her, and she disagreed with the possibility of meningitis. \n\nThere are many paths that could have derailed him going to the hospital. The mother has said that if I hadn\u2019t told her to go to the hospital she would have gone home and given him Panadol, because that is what we are used to hearing when our children are sick. \n\nThought this story might help with the current pharmacy climate. We sometimes offer free advice that saves lives, even if our opinions are sometimes devalued by others.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 23:07:37","Email":"Dalby@wholelife.com.au","FirstName":"Sarah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4370","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"211","Message":"I work for community pharmacy, we're going to have such major shortages of cash to feed our gigantic fat corporate overloads. I'm so scared of the future of medical businesses being focused on community healthcare instead of attempting to be America light. I mean it's not like the AMA and the Pharmacy Union and an independent board all agreed that this policy benefits society as whole or anything. They need to be focused more on the important issues like corporate profits!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 23:04:11","Email":"kaboodle@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Franklin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4000","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"210","Message":"My husband's life has been an ongoing struggle with multiple chronic health issues from 18 years of age. He has survived 4 major surgeries and cancer, only to reach the age of 75 and face the prospect of a extremely painful without his life sustaining replacement steroids. Without which, he will suffer an Adrenal Crisis and surely die. \nI've been his wife for 49 years and his number one health advocate and I will not stand by and watch this happen to the man I love, after all he's suffered over the years. He deserves better and so do so many others like him. \nThis isn't just about living better, IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING TO STAYING ALIVE!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 22:41:47","Email":"libbyeykelenburg@hotmail.com ","FirstName":"Libby ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5278","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"209","Message":"Iam a diabetic and my injection is not there iget4 injections then no more for months at a time","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 22:33:34","Email":"bakerjenny985@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jenny","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3373","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"208","Message":"After being mandated the Covid -19 injections for my work as a nurse I have developed hypertension and now it is Chronic Hypertension as after 2 years with chronic condition in and out Hospital and to many Doctors and specialists I am now on 4 antihypertensive medications that are all on the list of shortages or not available now !! I am questioning why this is happening ? The TGA has banned medications and  prevented early treatments for Covid in Australia These early treatments like ivermectin has now proven far safer and effective than the toxic injections that the Government  and Healthcare Professionals have forced us to have Now everyone is extremely dependent on some sort of medication for conditions they didn\u2019t have before these Forced Mandates of a injection called a vaccine which is really gene manipulation which is making our bodies make the spike protein that causes inflammation setting up new diseases or Turbo Cancers These toxic injections also contain nanoparticles that passes the blood brain barrier and all membranes to causing huge health problems .Now we have this drug shortage and collapse of the Health Systems This is Malpractices and Genocide ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 22:21:42","Email":"bankshire1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Susan","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3312","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"207","Message":"I\u2019m very concerned for Australians, listening to what the derelict Labor Government is proposing is the most STUPIDEST plan known to the Western civilisation . I have seriously grave concerns for who these morons are running the country, of all the social welfare issues in the world to tackle and they offer more medication at half the price, bravo Prime Minister. Thank you for thinking of the millions of tax payers unable to get their medication because you\u2019ve already exhausted a fractured system. I pray for common sense to prevail and someone with a brain in parliament to act accordingly. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 21:52:25","Email":"Dgleeson8@gmail.com","FirstName":"Devina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4223","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"206","Message":"Pharmacys are a vital link in both problem solving and supplying medication, but if they are robbed of availability the whole health system will collapse at the pointy end. Rationing of drugs in the past whilst inconvenient run into urgent as i care for my ailing mother. with greater, unnecessary pressure put on supply if this vote grabbing tactic goes ahead will rob a sea of older australians their everyday medical needs. Why would such an action even come into play, we have seen the response by the Australian public to toilet paper grabs in Covid, imagine how much panic will set in let alone medication grab with the travesty of pills sitting in cupboards or having to be destroyed where presciptions change over time... such a waste and for what???????","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 21:00:24","Email":"pbrcarty@gmail.com","FirstName":"Paul","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3108","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"205","Message":"I like to keep on top of my medication as I take many life saving medications so I get a supply every 21 days. This makes sure I have them on hand when needed. Over the past few years the supplies have been short and I have had to wait until they have returned. \nNot so long ago I had my local community pharmacist want to buy back one of my lifesaving medications that because another one of his customers couldn't get a hold of the medication. I saved someone's life that day, And so did my local community pharmacist!!!!\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 20:04:51","Email":"Lorraine@newminsterfunctiondesign.com","FirstName":"Lorraine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3030","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"202","Message":"I have been on prescription medication for 49 years. Am I to now discover it\u2019s no longer available? This would mean significant risk to my health if cut off.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 10:52:51","Email":"Jglenist@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Andrew","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3172","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"201","Message":"I work in a Pharmacy that has a massive amount of customers, obviously we\u2019re going to experience detrimental shortages effected people health and lives without a doubt. Not only does it effect their lives but the business as well if this goes through we lose money meaning we might not be able to stay open till 6PM and have to close at 5PM, we\u2019ll most likely lose young staff that are still in school as they start at 4PM after school they will not want to come to work for one hour, so they\u2019ll look for jobs with more hours. Maybe instead of \u201csupporting\u201d the health system, stop handing out voucher for people not wanting to search for a job and blaming COVID-19, they\u2019re enough jobs around (NSW). ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 10:31:25","Email":"Klaywilkinson11@outlook.com","FirstName":"Klay","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2325","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"200","Message":" shortages are two things that affected my husband Warfrin and diabetic needles  which have not helped. his medical conditions ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 10:29:20","Email":"myrtle.hodgetts@gmail.com","FirstName":"Myrtle","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4508","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"199","Message":"I am a local early career Community Pharmacist working in the Blue Mountains. I have previously worked as a Hospital Pharmacist and have seen first hand how overwhelmed both systems are. I have major concerns over the proposed 60 day dispensing announcement. \n\nHospitals and community pharmacies alike are already majorly understaffed and are unable to cope with current workloads and my fear is this new scheme will further overload our public health system. \n\nPharmacists are always on the front line in the community, we do not take appointments and offer an array of FREE services to patients that they would otherwise need to pay for if they went to the GP. This scheme is likely to be a big hit to remuneration and cause layouts across our industry thus reducing hours and services. In addition, we have been hit with MAJOR stock delays which will only become worse with this scheme. I can imagine the political backlash such increased stock issues will be once the scheme is enacted in September. \n\nI am shocked and disgusted by the recent annoucments. I've emailed multiple MPs with no reply other than the general \"we will get back to you\". I am worried for my patients, my small local community pharmacy and my career.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 10:04:20","Email":"Hannahboag1995@gmail.com","FirstName":"Hannah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2782","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"197","Message":"I am continually disappointed and somewhat annoyed that the current Federal Government insists on making the lives of senior Australians so difficult. We need string assurance that Ageing Australians will be assisted and protected from the shocking price hikes ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 08:38:56","Email":"mjennifer51@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Mary Newell","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2731","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"196","Message":"Hi, I feel that on the surface this sounds like a good idea that will improve the cost of living for Australians, but the funding behind this policy is the Pharmacies of Australia. It is a direct cut to their livelihood under the guise of Government savings. We voted for the Labour Party in part because of their commitment to our profession, and their view that they \u2018supported pharmacy in it\u2019s current form.\u2019 It was also their undertaking to not support any move that threatened the viability of community pharmacy that was important to me. \nI feel as if we have been scammed! \nThis move will threaten the livelihood of most pharmacy businesses in Australia. The Government would know the cost to purchase a pharmacy and that it usually requires borrowing large amounts. \nI really hope that they can see the failings of this policy and talk to The Pharmacy Guild constructively.\nThe Guild Government agreements have always been predicated on allowing access to medicines for Australians and continuing the viability of Community Pharmacies in Australia. \nThere are some valid concerns about stock availability and patient safety that need to be considered, and as Pharmacists we can work with patients to try our best to address these, but it can\u2019t be all gain for the Government and all pain for Community Pharmacies. It needs to work both ways.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 07:55:09","Email":"roryfrancisthompson@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rory Thompson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3093","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"194","Message":"Not fun having to take 7 medications daily but the alternative is worse. To die.\nHaven\u2019t been able to get Ozempic for weeks\nPoliticians Please don\u2019t mess with an already difficult situation. You will kill a lot of us\nOr is this the plan. Kill us off and save pensions. \nI\u2019m beginning to think this is so","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 06:43:07","Email":"jmck@iinet.net.au","FirstName":"Jeanette ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6153","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"193","Message":"I am shocked to hear even basic medication eg Panadol is going to be discontinued by next year.It is just ridiculous and terrible ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 05:49:48","Email":"rozy_newland@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Roziah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6065","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"192","Message":"I am a dispense technician at our local pharmacy in a rural town in Western Australia. Since hearing the news about the 60 day dispensing going ahead, we as a small community pharmacy fear for the health of our customers as we have a large elderly population who depend on us to liaise with GPs and other medical professionals to make sure they are on the right medication, dose etc. We take pride in looking after our customers, from free advice, webster packing for the community and nursing home patients, to accessing scripts from other pharmacies around Australia for our tourists. We feel as if we put in \u00120 effort, and whilst most of our customers see this, a lot do not realize how much goes on behind the scenes. As a rural pharmacy, we are scared we will lose staff and in the worse case scenario, our pharmacy. The Pharmacy Guild had put forward the idea some time ago to make all medicines $19 at a government subsidized cost, but now pharmacies are taking the hit, and for what? I believe pharmacists and pharmacies are not selfish or whiners, we do SO much, not for the health of our communities, but so much more as well. We hold fundraisers for local events, offer a friendly chat, and deliver medications\/products to our customers who cannot make it in. We are like a family. We help people through stressful times by being available and provide solutions in all aspects on health, including mental health. We want all Australians to have access to affordable medication... but not at the cost of our pharmacies. I could go on and on - but I just want to express our fear if the 60 day dispensing  will go ahead September 1st.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 04:17:50","Email":"taylahrhowell@gmail.com","FirstName":"Taylah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6701","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"191","Message":"I am the owner of a small community pharmacy. I was planning to begin offering increased services such as Slepp Apnoea testing within the next few months. Also employing more pharmacists and training new pharmacy assistants over the next 6 months. With these propsed cuts to our PBS remuneration this will not be possible. Unfortanately my community will suffer from a short sighted Health Minister.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 02:21:30","Email":"maxyfaye@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Maxine","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4183","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"190","Message":"The ALP\/GREENS could not make a roaster for a 2 man boat with one off sick. they are killing Australia\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 02:10:36","Email":"philtovey47@gmail.com","FirstName":"Phil","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4815","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"189","Message":"I really worry about all these people who rely on their medications to just get by day-to-day with chronic conditions such as heart failure, anxiety, depression, breast cancer and prostate cancer. Australians are supposed to band together during times of medication shortage, not tear each other down, which is what Mark Butler and the Albanese government seem to think is fair to do. How many of them depend on pharmacies for their day-to-day living??? It infuriates me how blind and uncaring they are...","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-30 01:09:11","Email":"samaria2626@gmail.com","FirstName":"Samantha ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4118","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"187","Message":"Having checked shortage of medication list my breast drug and both blood pressure medications are NA this is absolutely disgusting and I Will not be the only Person in this pisition.\nMr Albanese DO NOT MESS with the drug system we have in Australia \nYou, your Government are messing with peoples lives it has to STOP now","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 23:14:04","Email":"sivia.odoherty@gmail.com","FirstName":"Elizabeth","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3104","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"186","Message":"I have had to change my medicine several times because of shortages and product deletion each time it has caused more problems and I have had to attend hospitals plus many doctor meetings multiple tests which in turn take up lots of money and medical staffs time which could be used more efficiently elsewhere and would also reduce the overall government medical costs in this country we need an Australian government not just an American copy","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 22:34:54","Email":"dasambo1206@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sam","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2469","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"185","Message":"I am worried about the impact this will have on medicine shortages and Community pharmacies.\nMy local pharmacy often provides free advice to my mother whilst she looks after my father at home who has advanced dementia. Even if GPs are able to see more patients in the future, many people with carers responsibilities rely on their more accessible pharmacist for frequent  professional  advice . Loss of income will mean the pharmacy will have to cut opening hours and staff.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 14:50:18","Email":"andreapaluch5@gmail.com","FirstName":"Andrea","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5045","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"184","Message":"I haven\u2019t been able to get doubluts or duodart for so long. No substitute on pbs .\nI\u2019m now feeling very embarrassed calling around different pharmacies advertising my condition . I have not been able to pee and it\u2019s affecting my life ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 13:53:17","Email":"Nikhil_patel@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Np","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6065","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"183","Message":"I am on Warfarin for life. These past few months has affected me extremely with low ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 13:14:13","Email":"rach_richardson-12@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Rachael","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3196","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"182","Message":"I\u2019m a single town small pharmacy owner serving 1100 people with no doctors, I\u2019m worried about stock shortage already existing such as Trulicity, Ozempic and blood thinners such as Coumadin affecting elderly here and also about risk of closure or make my hard working juniors and pharmacy assistant redundant at least!\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 13:09:56","Email":"beshr.farid@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Beshr","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3046","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"181","Message":"I am worried to lose my job as pharmacist assistance!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 13:07:50","Email":"dikamo86@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Dina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3046","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"180","Message":"I am concerned about viability of my local PCY having to cut their open hrs and the staff cut s they may suffer being a small small business.\nthe fact also that it will take me longer to reach my Safety NET*","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 11:33:22","Email":"vpentreath@gmail.com","FirstName":"Vicki","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3214","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"179","Message":"This is an unfair and inequitable plan... MOST people will (eventually) be able to access 60 days supply of MOST of their medicines. I fear the people who don't fit into the \"MOST\" category will be the most vulnerable. The simplest way to make medicines cheaper for Australians is to reduce the co-payment!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 11:27:38","Email":"tarindobbie@gmail.com","FirstName":"Tarin","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4670","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"178","Message":"I find it incredible that Woolworths and Coles are forced to sell Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in reduced quantities due to overuse\/misuse but Pharmacists are expected to send home 60 days supply of prescription medication to their patients. This is also putting them in a position to over-supply one patient and potentially leave another patient without. If the government is legitimately wanting to help with the high cost of living and the strain on health services, there's got to be a better way of doing it without the negative impact on our pharmacies. I've seen first hand the effort our Pharmacists and their staff put into getting through those initial covid years and the toll it took and still takes. Our leaders can somehow manage a promise today to allocate $240 million in funding towards a football stadium but wish to make pharmacies foot the bill for their policies to make a politician's numbers look good on paper. This is absolutely disgraceful and shows just how out of touch these people are. To even consider making decisions like this without the proper consultation with the right people is dangerous. To be taken seriously, maybe some of our Pharmacists should take up AFL.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 09:00:14","Email":"Emaree811@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mrs.S","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2000","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"174","Message":"I have not been a le to get Questran Lite since beforeJanuary 2023.\nI need this medication to give quality of life as I have Crohns disease and have chronic diarrhoea with out it.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 07:18:56","Email":"roydies@gmail.com","FirstName":"John Roydhouse","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4124","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"172","Message":"I have not been able to get Questran Lite since January and the alternative is, $120.00 and as I'm an aged pensioner this is hard to find, without this medication I can't leave the house.. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 04:43:30","Email":"moirainstance@y7mail.com","FirstName":"Moira Instance","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6155","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"171","Message":"I have been unable to get Questran for more 3 months. The substitute is $120 for 60 sachets and takes nearly a month to arrive. Questen costs $7.30 for 100 sachets. The substitute does not work as well because it has both a colouring and extra aspartane which is not conducive with chronic diarrhoea which means I need to take Gastro Stop which can cause stomach cramps when I take sufficient to stop breakthru diarrhoea.  Not having access to Questran severely affect my quality of life.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 04:19:01","Email":"shirl338@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"Shirley","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3851","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"170","Message":"It is important that we have the appropriate information and resources to ensure that we have access to the latest information and services available for our members health ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 04:02:28","Email":"Jimbyriel41@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jimmy Byriel","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4671","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"168","Message":"I've been getting medicines for my 98-year-old father from a community pharmacy for years now. The shortages of antibiotics, injections, antidepressants, immunosuppressants, and otologicals are getting out of control. If these shortages continue, I don't think he's going to make it to 99! Anthony Albanese, please don't kill my father! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 03:17:15","Email":"backup.disaster@gmail.com","FirstName":"Izzy Dediet","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2103","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"167","Message":"I take 7 medications daily that I\u2019ve been on for over 10 years, since my initial diagnosis. \nI\u2019ve tried many other medications and management techniques, but the current combination I\u2019m on is perfect and has been working really well for the last 2 years. \nMy regular pharmacist has said that 3 of the 7 are already difficult to get, and that\u2019s without the 60 day prescriptions. \nIf my medications become nearly impossible to get and I run out, within 5 days I\u2019ll be dead. \nIt\u2019s that simple. \nI need these drugs to survive and I\u2019m extremely worried that my life is going to be in danger because of the changes. \nAre there safeguards in place? What happens when people flood the hospitals and ERs trying to get their medication?\nWhat happens when pharmacists can\u2019t even provide emergency doses to people like me? \nWhy do we have to \u201cwait and see\u201d what demand will produce which shortages, leading to life threatening results? \n\nIs my life that dispensable? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 02:00:41","Email":"georgia.henry@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Georgia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2620","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"166","Message":"I am terrified about this change . I have to take hydrocortisone ( at least 26mg per day) as a life saving medication . \nAt the moment there is such a shortage that I begged my chemist to compound for me , I don\u2019t want to go through the stress of knowing the medication that saves my life may become in shorter supply because of the new system . \nI take this medication because my body doesn\u2019t produce the stress homone needed to live so now the government will potentially kill me ? A government I voted for . \nPlease reconsider \ud83d\ude4f","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 01:44:46","Email":"rpfowler@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Pamela","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2315","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"165","Message":"Iam unable to access medicines prescribed for diabetes and have to take others that are harmful to my kidneys.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 01:17:19","Email":"philtrembath@netspace.net.au","FirstName":"John Phillip Trembath","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2530","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"164","Message":"As a Pharmacist assistant\/Dispense tech, I find this move to be extremely horrible for a number of reasons which have been addressed by others in the comments. First off, pharmacies will close. People will lose their job. What happens to those in rural areas? Will they be able to track down certain medications that enable them to live? Ozempics???? Trulicity???? COUMADIN??? ANTIBIOTICS??? So many more medications are on the shortlist and leaving a lot of our citizens vulnerable and life threatened. Who on earth thought this was such a good idea is my question. I am so sick of feeling disgusted by the governments decisions lately. Great country my ass.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 01:12:55","Email":"melsobz@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mel","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2500","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"163","Message":"I have been prescribed ozempic for my diabetes. It has been very hard to get for quite some time now and I have been having trouble controlling my levels since the shortage. I had weight loss surgery 4 years ago and have managed to get off using insulin but if this remains in short supply I will no doubt be back on insulin in the very near future. The problem I  believe has been exacerbated  by doctors prescribing it as a  weight loss remedy thus putting others who need it at risk","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 00:29:11","Email":"Almunks4@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Alan munks","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4551","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"162","Message":"Introducing my two adult daughters, 51 yrs and have complex epilepsy  .  On 22nd April, we were advised when attempting to fill a script for Dilantin Suspension for both of my daughers, we   were advised  Wholesalers Austwide out of stock.  My daughters both use a PEG for food , hydration and medication.    One of my daughters was rushed to emergency with Involuntary Movement caused by  fluctuating Dilantin Levels.  I phoned 20 chemists, all the hospitals, public and private,  without being able to source any Dilantin.  Response OUT OF STOCK.  Thanks to friends we were able to source 3 bottles. My daughters go through 1 bottle a week.  Dilantin is imported and the ship is expected to dock on 2nd May.   It is unlikely stock will be available until 9th of May.   Without dilantin, both my daughters are at risk of going into Status Epileptus  (coma).  I believe with people stocking up with two months supply as per Government changes,  this will drive and contribute to additional shortages.   There are no other options for my daughters for this medication.  I would advise there needs to be some consultation on how pharmacies can continue to meet supply and demand and the impact on vulnerable people .  Shortages are constant now and this will only increase. \nBobby Noone","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-29 00:27:04","Email":"bobbyno_one@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Bobby","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4101","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"160","Message":"I am on continual medication due to coronary artery surgery. Restriction of any of this medication may well be detrimental to my health.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 21:54:50","Email":"tassie2023@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Ray","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3825","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"159","Message":"i do believe many will die if this system is put in place .\n\ni need three medications to even stay alive \u2026 tertroxin ( t3 ) due to thyroid cancer and removal of my thyroid , calcitriol due to surgically induced hypocalcemia , and calcium citrate as my body doesn't not absorb calcium carbonate. i cannot stay alive without these medications. And also fruscamide for hypertension. \n\nPlease serve the people and be compassionate. I can only take two antibiotics for my leukemia , as i am allergic to any others.\n\n Please reverse this decision.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 15:28:27","Email":"lightness_of@hotmail.com","FirstName":"kate","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3810","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"158","Message":"I am heavily reliant on many medications for multiple health issues, taking 9 tablets every morning and another 4 throughout the day. I suffer from Epilepsy, ADHD, and cholesterol issues amongst more. Medication is what we rely on to treat and help us with the majority of our conditions these days, and it makes a huge difference for me. When I\u2019ve been without my epilepsy meds because of supply issues (which has happened once or twice with current supplies), I\u2019ve had attacks that have scared the people around me. When I\u2019m well medicated I might have an attack once a month, but when I\u2019m struggling for supplies I have attacks at least once a week. My absent seizures come on without warning for me; so I can\u2019t drive, climb ladders at work, or babysit my nieces and nephews. At jobs I\u2019ve put plant pots over my head and fell down stairs; worst example was giving myself 2nd degree burns filling a camping gas tank at a fuel station. My meds mean the world to me.\n\nNow, the times when I\u2019ve had excess supply have been no different to the times I\u2019ve had 4 tablets left. The issues I\u2019ve had came from the lack of meds, the missing tablets\u2026 that\u2019s where the danger comes from. I\u2019ve also seen my grandmothers heart issues at extremes without meds, and this is just me. Imagine the what the wider nation goes through?\n\nMy medical team, especially my pharmacist, are amazing. My chemist takes care of so many people who know him like family, and with alternative options when they can\u2019t get my exact prescribed meds I\u2019ve been able to get through tough times. He is panicked about what\u2019s about to happen to so many of his patients, who will be in the same position with 2 weeks or 6 weeks medication in the drawers, but whose lives may be at risk when they have nothing left and their chemist can\u2019t help them with anything.\n\nMy last attack saw me almost trip down a flight of stairs\u2026 and I\u2019d say I was saved by maybe a dozen foot-steps and the medication I had in my system from my freshly filled script. If it weren\u2019t for the meds I could be filling this out from a hospital bed right now and I wouldn\u2019t wish that on anyone. I\u2019m just as safe with 15 tablets as I am with 60, especially because I trust my chemist can give me more meds when the 15 would run out. The thing is, if I had 45 days worth of meds, and that meant another patient had none, than their life could be at risk. That\u2019s not right and I don\u2019t understand how we can put lives at risk?\n\nWe need to make sure we can all have a decent chance to have the meds we need","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 11:27:40","Email":"steaphan.markotany@outlook.com","FirstName":"Steaphan Markotany","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2564","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"157","Message":"I take many daily medications for chronic illnesses, including steroids. The steroids literally keep me alive. You can imagine my level of concern when my pharmacist recently told me that my steroids were unavailable! I, and many others, rushed to the specialist doctor for an alternative that was actually available. What happens when that alternative medication becomes unavailable too? I am literally scared for my life by this poorly thought out government decision!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 11:15:26","Email":"turveysj@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sarah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2540","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"156","Message":"As someone who works in pharmacy, this will cripple an already fragile situation. There are hundreds if not thousands of medications that are either in short supply or very close to being discontinued right now across Australia. This is a very dangerous situation as it is ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 11:00:48","Email":"jessicawegner1993@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jessica","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4816","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"155","Message":"I need warfarin for mechanical heart valve and it\u2019s very hard to get supplies many people will die if these issues aren\u2019t solved promptly ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 10:52:56","Email":"gary_apples@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Gary","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3847","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"154","Message":"I am currently impacted by the shortage of coumadin 5mg  and most recently also the 2mg. I am on 9mg daily for a blood clotting issue and this is the only medication I can take.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 10:35:18","Email":"kylie32_smith@yahoo.com.au ","FirstName":"Kylie Smith","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2430","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"153","Message":"I have been a registered pharmacist for the past 6 years. There are so many medications which are out of stock or in limited supply. As of 28\/04\/2023, current medications which are out of stock from our wholesalers include warfarin, diltiazem and dulaglutide (Trulicity).\n\nSome of my patients taking warfarin cannot switch to a different type of anticoagulant so when their warfarin supply runs out, they cannot take anything to prevent a blood clot, leaving them at risk of getting a stroke or heart attack.\n\nSome medications, like diltiazem cannot be stopped abruptly. So when diltiazem is out of stock and patients have run out of their supply, they will stop taking it all of a sudden. This puts them at risk of getting rebound hypertension and angina, and consequently hospitalisation.\n\nI have a lot of patients on my waiting list for dulaglutide (Trulicity) and most of the time they are prescribed this medication because other medications have not been able to properly control their blood sugar levels. When this is out of stock, multiple doses are missed and their blood sugar levels are not managed properly, leaving them at risk of multiple complications from diabetes.\n\nMedication shortages like these should not be happening in a country like Australia. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 10:30:35","Email":"Jtra0280@alumni.sydney.edu.au","FirstName":"Jennifer","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2228","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"151","Message":"My story is about rheumatoid arthritis biological medication as we ran out of it in February of 2021 and was switched to another medication and this didn't work for me as I have had a terrific time finding biologics that I don't have an allergic reaction to. We are in 2022 and I'm still not on a biological. In part due to a health crisis and trying to find a biological that will might work. I have needed antibiotics and not been given them due to the government cracking down and ended up with phenomena. My other meds I have to break in thirds as there is a shortage of my tablet so it's substituted with a slow release one. My carer is on Coumadin and has just been told you won't be able to get that for about 4 months and is told could upset everything as this may not agree with his heart valve or blood thinning. This is serious.  For me the last time a biological didn't agree with me I had hives for 9months and still get skin problems when I overheat. I'm exhausted from not being on meds and so much in pain. Help us, help our selves lead as normal lives as possible.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 09:35:55","Email":"ivypahlke62@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ivy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3020","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"150","Message":"As a community pharmacist for 25years I pride myself on being part of the ground zero pharmacists who get the honour to triage patient ailments, who get to treat patient every day ailments, who get to vaccinate patients, who gets to aid with sleep apnoea trials and services, who gets to aid peoples medication understanding and solve medication confusion by providing free MedsChecks, who gets to keep patients  safe by providing medication packing services. Pharmacists are the most accessible health professional in the community and we value the trust we have. Pharmacies cant afford to lose staff, but they also need to be able to afford staff and by introducing a 60 day dispense ruling, this could affect staffing levels and with this, quality of pharmacy services. We do not want to wind up like America, where patients cant afford medication nor have quality pharmacy care or services. \nAlso, supplying households with excess medication, especially to elderly who may already have declined cognitive ability, this would just increase medication confusion, ineffective medication storage, increase the  numbers of hospital medication overdosing incidents, accidental swallowings, with the government already spending 1.4 billion annually to deal with these hospital admissions. \nWhat about the increased unfront payment for people. Some people struggle already with affording a monthly supply of medication. \nThese are serious issues, and decreasing chronic disease patients contact with a medicalprofessional will lead to a decline in medical care level for patients. \nThese a reasons for not putting such irresponsible rules into place. \n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 09:25:54","Email":"mafadventure@gmail.com","FirstName":"Mafalda Zunic","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2777","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"149","Message":"Start on a new drug for dementia, down to my last 3 tablets and the chemist doesn\u2019t have it in stock!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 09:06:57","Email":"vandra.mellers20@gmail.com","FirstName":"Vandra Mellers","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2077","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"148","Message":"I have to take liquid Warfarin every day I was told by my dispensing Chemist that supplies were running low this medicine is vital to me ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 08:56:46","Email":"pgaul@pac.com.au","FirstName":"Patricia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3930","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"147","Message":"I live regionally and work in a pharmacy. I have seen first hand what it means for patient's to have to go without their medications. We have felt the impact for far too long. Adding this stress to me, my coworkers and my boss will be far too much. These potential shortages can be devastating to our small town. It is not as simple as going to the next suburb over and trying a different shop. The next town is 2.5 hours away. \nWe are talking about people's lives and their livelihoods. \nLets not play games.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 08:53:47","Email":"jessibabe1992@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jessica","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6722","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"146","Message":"I have a chronic auto immune disease requiring continuous medical monitoring and very strong medicines. It\u2019s stressful enough daily without  adding the fear of not being sure if I can access the medications that allow me to attempt to live a normal life as best possible and hopefully some longevity. I was astounded the first time I was told by the pharmacy of shortages and told I\u2019d have to wait for medications to come in, am I still in Australia? Without medications I would almost certainly have to quit work. The knock on affects of this is far greater than a healthy person could even imagine. Please have some empathy and focus on this! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 08:12:55","Email":"Skfg76@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sarah","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6173","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"145","Message":"I am 89 years old and taking many medicaitons. I do not need more medications lying around. This will only confuse me. I live on my own. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 07:10:57","Email":"shielaandb@gmail.com","FirstName":"Sheila Bain","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3109","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"144","Message":"I rely on medician to keep me mobile ,ffs get rid of this idiot ,he's destroying our country.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 06:30:52","Email":"deefolpp@gmail.com","FirstName":"Dee","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2333","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"143","Message":"Has the government thought of the full extent of the repercussions. Job loss, business closure,  supply shortage, what it means to have more pills accessible in a home and at the hands of fragile people. What about customer interactions with pharmacists who care about their customers and ask them if they have concerns, contact doctors and pick up on their errors. These consults become less frequent. Do not believe what the media is saying, especially with regard to supply. The inaccuracies of their comments is monstrous. No, it\u2019s not all about dollars and it\u2019s not as good easy as calling suppliers and having medication sent out in 24 hours. This going through is highly detrimental to the health and welfare of many Australians. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 06:19:54","Email":"N.mikhael92@gmail.com","FirstName":"Natalie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2200","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"142","Message":"Iam a cancer patient undergoing long term chemo light\" for multiple myeloma .lam on a lot of different medications ,which are very important,blood thinners  ect.It would be very detrimental to my health if l was not able to access them.l think it is abhorent that the Gov.is not commited to keeping the supply of essential medicines.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 06:00:59","Email":"jlaleander@gmail.com","FirstName":"jo","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3478","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"141","Message":"I have been in the pharmacy industry since I was 15 years old (as an assistant - now a pharmacist) I am now 34. I have NEVER seen shortages of this magnitude. To bring in 60 day dispensing will worsen this, I don't care what the media or the government are telling people! IT WILL. Take it from someone who has dedicated her entire life to the pharmacy industry!! ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 05:48:23","Email":"aimee.lynch@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Aimee Pearson","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"7270","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"140","Message":"I have multiple health issues which among other strategies I rely on medicines to manage these issues\nThey are \nBipolar\nHigh blood pressure\nFrequent headaches\/ migrane\nSensitive skin\nSun damage\nBad back","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 05:40:36","Email":"edwinamckay@icloud.com","FirstName":"Edwina","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3191","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"139","Message":"I\u2019m a solo working Mum with a 2 year old, and I deal with chronic health issues on a daily basis. I have inflammatory arthritis, fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety. Over many frustrating years, my care team and I have managed to establish what medications work best together. When I have everything in place I function almost normally, but it\u2019s like juggling balls in the air\u2026 drop one and they all come tumbling down. If I run out of medication my pain returns, and withdrawal from some of them makes life miserable. I also take a beta blocker for super-ventricular tachycardia, and if im late taking this my heart races and I become faint. I\u2019m scared to test what would happen if I ran out completely. \nI\u2019m lucky that I would only experience pain and discomfort, but some of these medications keep people alive.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 05:13:55","Email":"jeannette.baxter@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Jeannette","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6053","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"138","Message":"I have on going need for drugs and I must be assured of the ability of them. I demand that an Australian drugs manufacturing industry be established to manufacture life's essential drugs ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 03:47:17","Email":"snape1@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Tralee Snape ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2546","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"137","Message":"I have worked as a pharmacist for the past 30 years. They current medicine shortages occurring   throughout the country is the worst by far that I have ever experience - worse than during the initial period of the pandemic. Introducing 60 dispensing will only exacerbate this situation immensely.  Comments from the Health Minister stating that there is no problem currently and that 60 day dispensing will not make it worse either show his complete ignorance in the matter or he is LYING - probably both.\n\nIf 60 day dispensing goes through it will decimate the pharmacy industry. Over 30% of staff will lose their jobs, trading hours will have to be drastically slashed, services currently provided for free or minimal charge will have to cease or the true cost of providing of the service will need to be charged. Free advice will be a thing of the past.\nThis proposed ill thought-out policy, will significantly lower the standard of healthcare of this country for all Australians!   ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 03:18:16","Email":"stephen@mdds.com.au","FirstName":"Stephen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4169","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"135","Message":"My 87 year old Mum has been taking Serepax for her anxiety for many years. If this medication becomes unavailable my Mum will be in serious trouble as Serepax is addictive and she can't just stop taking it. The politicians are saying one thing and the pharmacists are saying another, I know which one I believe.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 02:46:52","Email":"kad58@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Kerry Daley","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4165","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"134","Message":"I am a 73 yr old women who is unable to get my heart medication and have had to go on a lower dose, what will happen to me and millions of other people if that also becomes unavailable ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 02:15:29","Email":"chrissiepoo-69@live.com.au","FirstName":"Christine ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2525","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"133","Message":"I have worked in pharmacy from 30 years ago and more recently the past 18 months. 30 years ago medicine stockpiling was rampant and common, especially with older patients, who were anxious about running out of essential medicines. The recent medicines shortage is now impacting every generation of patients, not just older patients. The services and support I provide for patients will no longer be possible with the 60 day dispensing in effect. Recently, i supported a patient who described a situation he experienced, my advice was to attend his dr as i believed he experienced a TIA (mini stroke). The patient called me the following day to say he had a scan which showed a brain aneurysm, with a risk of rupture. He thanked me for saving his life. The opportunities to support and advise patients with their concerns will no longer be possible if the community pharmacy industry is disrupted the way it will be by these changes - i will likely lose my job and there will not be people like me with  the experience to support patients. Lives will be lost.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 01:07:17","Email":"art4theking@gmail.com","FirstName":"Amanda","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3446","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"132","Message":"My nan has real bad arthritis in her feet and hands and getting prescribed stuff to help and she really needs it for work and if the month wait is extended that means she would not be able to work anymore ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 01:00:50","Email":"KaiSaul.6969@outlook.dim ","FirstName":"Kai ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2480","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"131","Message":"The Pharmacist who saved my life\nBy\nTERRY GALLAWAY, OAM\nAt 2.15 in the morning of Wednesday, September 9, 2009, I suffered a medical incident, which subsequently led to diagnosis as a stroke. At that time I had no indication of what had happened. I went back to sleep, until about 8.30, when I found I had limited vision in my left eye. With Coral at work, I drove to the Colyton shops, and into the Colyton Centre Pharmacy, and a meeting with Veronica Nou that, as subsequent events proved, would save my life.\nI asked Veronica for something for my eyesight, she told me very firmly to go to the doctor. I replied that my family GP didn\u2019t work Wednesdays. Again she told me firmly to go to the adjoining Medical Centre, where, she said, Dr Dimitri had just arrived to open the surgery. Long story, cut short: Dr Dimitri sent me to a Penrith eye specialist, he sent me for an MRI the next day, and on Friday morning we received the diagnosis of an \u2018\u2019infarction\u2019\u2019 or stroke, and advised me to go immediately to my GP to seek hospital treatment.\nMid-afternoon I did just that only to have the doctor tell me: \u2018\u2019it\u2019s too late now to do anything. Go home, take some aspirin and come back on Monday morning\u2019\u2019.\nThat afternoon, Friday September 11, we had a family barbecue planned and at 10 to 5, preparing the barbecue, I lit a cigarette (Winfield Blue), took one puff, and decided I was bloody stupid to continue to smoke, crushed the cigarette out and haven\u2019t had another since.\nAt about that time Coral suggested I \u2018\u2019give John a ring (Dr John Donnelly, or Dr John Darcy as he was called on Channel 7 news, and a very good friend of many years standing). I called, no answer. But next morning John rang back from Townsville, ironically where he\u2019d been engaged in giving lectures to the elderly as part of National Stroke Week.\n\u2018\u2019Gallows! What\u2019s happening?\u2019\u2019 I gave him the story. \u2018\u2019You been to hospital, \u2019\u2019No\u2019\u2019. \u2018\u2019Get dressed ready to go, I\u2019ll call you back.\u2019\u2019  Then began a series of telephone calls almost like a Mack Sennett cartoon.\n\u2018\u2019Head for The San (North Shore private hospital).\u2019\u2019 Then a minute later: \u2018\u2019change that head to Royal North Shore\u2019\u2019. Then: \u2018\u2019Make that RPA.\u2019\u2019 With Coral driving as we approached the Cumberland Highway, John called again: \u2018\u2019Go to Westmead. They\u2019re waiting for you.\u2019\u2019 There I received the treatment I needed and after nine days in the very excellent Stroke Ward, discharged, with a referral to a leading neurologist.\nRather than return to the GP who refused to treat me, I transferred my file to Dr Dimitri, who proved another firm woman when it came to ordering me about. She insisted I have a blood test, which I resisted but she firmly insisted. The blood test result led to Dr Dimitri insisting that I have an appointment with Professor David Gottlieb, who subsequently diagnosis MDS, or myelodysplasia syndrome, a type of blood cancer.\nProfessor Gottlieb delivered the news to us at Blacktown Hospital, offering the view that life expectancy was six months to two years without treatment. The treatment is a course of chemotherapy with the drug Azacitidine, at a cost of more than $100,000 a year.\nHe also said my best chance would be to get on to a clinical trial, which would be carried out at no cost.  We agreed to take part if the opportunity arose, which it did in 2010. The 12 month trial consisted of seven days of Azacitidine injections every 28 days coupled with 28 daily doses of Lenalidomide delivered by tablet, and included several bone marrow biopsies. At the completion of the trial the pharmaceutical company offered to continue the medication at no charge, for which we have been forever grateful. The Professor\u2019s diagnosis also delivered me into the hands of the Princes Mary Cancer Clinic at Westmead Hospital, and into the care of Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) Adelia and her team of dedicated young nurses, mainly women but some male nurses.\nMany of the nurses have been with me throughout my treatment, Jodie (who managed the clinical trial), Debbie, Vesna, Heather, Sandra, Theresa, Rena, Anna, Cathy, Eileen. Others have retired or moved on to other hospitals and appointments.\nAnd those who came later such as Jessica, Resma, Mel, Gracie, and those who will follow in their footsteps for some years ahead.\nTo say a simply \u2018\u2019thank you\u2019\u2019 to people such as Veronica Nou, Dr John Darcy (Donnelly), Dr Marie Dimitri and Professor Gottlieb as well as all the nurses at the clinic, seems so inadequate for the years of life I have received. But never-the-less we do say \u2018\u2019Thank You\u2019\u2019 and \u2018\u2019God bless\u2019\u2019.\n\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 00:23:52","Email":"tncgallaway@optusnet.com.au","FirstName":"Terry Gallaway","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2760","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"130","Message":"I have been working in pharmacy for 17 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic pharmacies have been on the front line providing people with essential medications help and advice. \nOur pharmacists have been amazing in adapting to major changes during these challenging times, and have provided so much help to our community. People can just walk in and get professional advice without making appointments. The pharmacist have been so under the pump yet continue to show up with a smile and help for our customers.\nThere have been many medications that have been unavailable for long periods of time.  Even basic medications such as Panadol and Nurofen, antibiotics, diabetic medications just to name a few. This has led to much anxiety to those customers who cannot get their life saving medication, who then have to make more appointments to their GP to try an alternative medication which may be available.  \nThere are MANY medications out of stock currently,  with over 400 medications on the list of medications now in short supply. With the said changes, of providing two months of medications to a customer may mean others miss out on their essential medicines.  We, of whom work in the pharmacy industry, are very concerned that these changes by the government will only compound these problems,  lead to people stock piling medicines and creating further panic and anxiety within the Australia. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-28 00:18:24","Email":"pnhschueller@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Patsy","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3810","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"127","Message":"As a community pharmacist, I already see customers wanting to pick up 2-3 months of Duodart, warfarin, Ozempic and Trulicity at one go to protect themselves from the shortage. I constantly have to explain to them that I only have a few packs of each and I need to ensure equity of distribution to other customers in the community. This will only worsen if 60-day dispensing is implemented and our supplies will be wiped out even faster than they are now. Not to mention the various antibiotic suspensions that have been out of stock for a long time - the fatigue is evident on the faces of parents who are just trying to get some medication for their sick child and have been turned away from multiple pharmacies. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 23:25:28","Email":"kai.leng@outlook.com","FirstName":"Kai ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"5006","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"126","Message":"I\u2019ve been a serving member of the Victoria State Emergency Service for many years and as a result I\u2019ve been diagnosed with severe post traumatic stress disorder. One of my medications that I use daily to help manage my condition has been flagged in the medical shortages list. If I can\u2019t get access to this I hate to think what the result would be. After giving so much of my time to the community this action by the labour government is a real big kick in the teeth. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 23:08:14","Email":"michaelkenny1987@gmail.com","FirstName":"MICHAEL","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3922","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"125","Message":"A customer, Anthony, came into my store back in 2014 at 7am, as he said he was 'feeling off'. I took his blood pressure which was very high, escorted him to the medical centre next door for an ecg. The ecg showed st elevation indicating that he was having a heart attack. An ambulance was called and when he got to hospital the cardiologists performed an angiogram showing over 70% blockage of his heart valve. They put a stent in and he was discharged few days later. He walked into my store and thanked me, as he would not have been able to get into his doctors in time. \nI was able to provide this service for FREE and had the staff to be able to do this. If this 60 day dispensing comes in effect, I will not be able to provide this service after hours, for free or may not be able to do it at all if I cannot keep my staff. Mark Butler, rethink this, come back to the table otherwise lives will be lost.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 22:30:37","Email":"soniabhindi@outlook.com.au","FirstName":"Sonia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4210","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"124","Message":"We have nearly lost my Mum twice in the past 4 weeks. Both times ending in ambulance trips to two different hospitals. We have had to phone pharmacies across the state and interstate, as well as had family and friends across Australia search out at their local pharmacies to see if they had her lifesaving medication in stock, even if it is just one bottle (that only lasts for a fortnight). Her medication stabilises her blood pressure from dropping to levels where cardiac arrest can occur and like the early hours of Good Friday this year where we were contacted by the hospital's ER department to come and say our final goodbyes in case they couldn't stabilise her.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 18:41:54","Email":"naomi.bebbington@gmail.com","FirstName":"Naomi","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3660","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"121","Message":"I've worked in community pharmacy for over a decade and have had a few short term shortages here and there but during covid and the after effects have affected supply of some critical medications. The list of medications bring out of stock longterm keeps getting longer; Panadol, Nurofen, antibiotics, antidepressants, Ozempic, Trulicity, duodart, warfarin, and blood pressure tablets. These have been in and out of stock long term and we get asked everyday when these medications will be back. Say that to everyday multiple times a day for over a year and it wears you down. They have not thought about pharmacies or supply chains with this","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 13:30:11","Email":"lauren-maher@bigpond.com","FirstName":"Lauren","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6069","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"120","Message":"Been a pharmacist for almost ten years and I have never seen so many shortages of medications ever in my career. Over the years we have seen shortages of metformin, fluoxetine, sertraline, salbutamol (VENTOLIN), INSULIN, semaglutide, duraglutide and most recently antibiotics particularly children's antibiotic suspensions (just to name a few notable ones). \n\n60 day dispensing will exacerbate these shortages even further and it looks like every pharmacy will be spending their days explaining why they cannot supply medications to their customers every minute of the hour. \n\nThe government initially proposed the idea of purchasing two months worth of every medications before COVID lockdowns was about to hit, but then backpedaled when they realised there was not going to be enough stock. So what is the difference now? \n\nThis a very poorly thought out legislation with massive consequences for everyone!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 13:21:49","Email":"stephen.tran@live.com","FirstName":"Stephen","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3108","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"119","Message":"In my 30 years of pharmacy ownership I have never felt so flat or despondent. I hate going in on a daily basis to see what lucky dip of an order I have coming in. Instead of looking after patients, I spend endless hours scrolling through supplier websites hoping my patients can get their medication the next day. They said it \"Won't be easy with Albanese\" ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 12:59:33","Email":"zoran@zmanagement.com.au","FirstName":"Zoran","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3016","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"117","Message":"everyday in community pharmacy we have to tell our customers things such as  \u201csorry ozempic is out of stock\u201d \u201cwe cant give you any duodart because there is a shortage\u201d the disappointment and frustration from our customers is something that we have to deal with daily\u2026 all because of the shortage of medications which is soon to be made worse","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 12:15:05","Email":"chantelleabonnel@gmail.com","FirstName":"chantelle","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"6154","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"116","Message":"we support you guys \n\nhappy you  to pass on to our member etc .\n\n I have had to change medications several times due to unforeseen side effects. Finally on the correct treatment for now , I hope .\nI fear it the anti depressants  becoming unavailable , seriously  fear it. The withdrawl if I  have to change is unbearable.  \nI'd rather die than go through that again !! In changing meds that are unsuitable I have had waste of unusable , unreturnable medication someone else could have had  . If it was  dispensed twice as long there will be alot of unable unreturnable wasted meds in such circumstances.  Seriously concerning. I am on a pension and welcome cheaper medication  but fear the shortages this will add to the struggling system that is in place atm. Very very concerning \n\nPlease don't do this .  support our pharmacist.\n\nI have had to change medications several times due to unforeseen serious side effects. \n\n Finally on the correct treatment for now , I hope .\n My fear if the anti depressants becoming unavailable , seriously fear it. The withdrawl if I have to change  or unable to access any is unbearable.  \nI'd rather die than go through that again !! In changing meds that are unsuitable I have had waste of unusable , unreturnable medication someone else could have had . If it was dispensed twice as long there will be alot of unable unreturnable wasted meds in such circumstances. Seriously concerning. I am on a pension and welcome cheaper medication but fear the shortages this will add to the struggling system that is in place atm. Very very concerning","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 12:14:57","Email":"yerongtong@gmail.com","FirstName":"Diane M","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"109","Message":"Panic buying has already started to seep in today at my pharmacy. This governement is a joke, treating medications essential for life threatening conditions like the toilet paper palaver we experienced during the pandemic","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 11:35:21","Email":"jane@bangorpharmacy.com.au","FirstName":"Jane","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2017","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"104","Message":"working as a frontline pharmacy assistant for months now we are being asked by our customers where is my drug? where is my doubluts? where is my ozempic? where is my antibiotics? many other drugs as well....the answer a shortage already my answer so Albanese come and spend a day with me serving my customers and giving them an answer like I do every day it's not easy and wears you down with disappointment by the end of the day medication shortage is going to be the only answer soon and what a disgrace for a country to be in like Australia!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 10:46:21","Email":"owhitby@bigpond.net.au","FirstName":"gena","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2550","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"103","Message":"My wife needs medication on a daily basis I'm not willing to sacrifice her life for the government. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 10:28:32","Email":"australianpride1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Jason Jackway","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2259","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"102","Message":"Every single day I am struggling to fulfil prescription orders for patients due to a medicines shortage that we've been dealing with since the start of COVID. Things are about to get a whole lot worse due to this new labor government budget measure. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 10:22:03","Email":"jordynlindquist@yahoo.com.au","FirstName":"Jordyn ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"Lindquist","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"88","Message":"I have experienced medication shortages, and I have several chronic health conditions.\n I fail to see how the 60 day dispensing will actually improve the shortage issue. Common sense tells us it's going to mean that our local pharmacists won't be able to evenly distribute the medications based on local need\/demand. \nThis scheme fails to see the value in what our local pharmacies do for the community. Here on the central coast, we have a huge GP shortage - and the pharmacies provide crucial healthcare like vaccinations and advice when we simply can't get to a GP. \nSo I'm concerned that local pharmacies might not be able to provide the extended hours and services that our region desperately needs. My pharmacy, the Woy Woy Pharmacy has served us so well pre, post and during the pandemic.  As a Labor voter I am disappointed to say the least.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 07:46:34","Email":"victorianarelle@icloud.com","FirstName":"Victoria","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2257","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"87","Message":"Lack of access to Ozempic, Endep and Nitrazepam will mean that I do not have the resources needed to battle my illnesses bravely.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 07:29:08","Email":"ethanburfoot11@gmail.com","FirstName":"Ethan Paul Burfoot","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"86","Message":"I'm really concerned about this initiative and the downstream impacts that it will have on local pharmacy businesses in my community. \nOur local Pharmacy, the Woy Woy Pharmacy provides so much to the local area, especially during the pandemic. This seems like a very short sighted initiative that is designed to deliver a quick win for a government, disguised as a win for the consumer, when actually it completely disregards the downstream impact to our local Pharmacy and the flow on effects to serving the community and providing local jobs, let alone the impact of 60 day dispensing when there are already shortages. \n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 07:22:05","Email":"akhambly@gmail.com","FirstName":"Alicia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2257","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"74","Message":"Today l had to tell a patient that I could not supply their diltiazem due to stock shortages from the manufacturer. She is leaving Australia tomorrow and has no medication. \n\nIn the same day I have had to tell a patient we cannot supply their ozempic to treat their diabetes and another patient I could not supply her with the prescribed antibiotics for her tonsillitis also due to stock shortages from the manufacturers ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 04:43:23","Email":"mariannemathews@yahoo.com","FirstName":"Marianne","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4035","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"72","Message":"As a staff pharmacist (not an owner) of 30 years' experience, I can honestly say that I have not seen medication shortages as bad as they are now.  60 day dispensing will only worsen this.   Additionally, the extra pharmacy services that the government proposes require extra staff to implement, not fewer.  This is not the time to be attacking our wage budget.\n","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 03:54:48","Email":"pharmadaz@rocketmail.com","FirstName":"Sam","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2259","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"71","Message":"Had to supply Spironolactone to a patient- only brand available had a $4 brand price premium, so patient out of pocket more with just 1 drug shortage.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 03:54:30","Email":"wallumbillapharmacy@gmail.com","FirstName":"Brendan West","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4428","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"70","Message":"I have worked a total of 13 years in pharmacy, 2023 for me as a pharmacy assistant has become increasingly stressful as I continuously have to let patients know that their medication is not available, what would you the government in my shoes tell them, cause i have run out of ideas, simple truth its a shit show. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 03:44:10","Email":"mountain_1978@outlook.com","FirstName":"Michelle","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3875","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"69","Message":"Every time the Labour government gets into power, they attack Community Pharmacy. It's getting ridiculous! The government has created excessive amounts of extra work for Pharmacy all while finding ways to cut our payments. Who want's to work for nothing? We are small businesses dealing with rising costs imposed by governments.\n I invite any member of parliament to spend just one day working in a pharmacy, just to be able to have a clue of what we do for our community.\nHave they forgotten who supported the community during the pandemic? \nPlease leave Pharmacy alone. We have enough to do. Don't even get me started on medicine shortages, high risk patients and wasted medication due to hoarding or changes to medications by doctors. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 03:32:05","Email":"thirroulcentralchemist@gmail.com","FirstName":"Suzan Smith","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2515","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"67","Message":"I have had to find one of my most essential medications by calling pharmacies, I ended up with the last of the supply at a hospital pharmacy. It\u2019s a strong anti convulsant. Without it I\u2019m unable to do anything. Sound can set me off, so I can\u2019t answer my phone or the door buzzer because I will collapse and violently convulse. Also because of my dosage I can\u2019t stop taking this medication abruptly. Why can\u2019t I find my necessary medication? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 03:25:52","Email":"bronya_d@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Bronya","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4101","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"65","Message":"My daughter has a kidney condition and needs frequent antibiotics- these can only be dispensed in a 10 day dose as she needs a liquid. Now we can\u2019t get these when we need them as others are getting them in bulk\/other forms ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 02:01:56","Email":"K.lankuts@gmail.com","FirstName":"Katie","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2650","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"64","Message":"i am a pharmacist of 12 years, and i have never seen so many out of stock medications as we have now. it is quite frightening what will happen when we have to double supply the rationed current supply. 60 day dispense may seem convenient but poses a real threat to patient safety in you own homes. The risk of unintended overdose is real. pt safety has not been considered here! pharmacy has not been consulted here!!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 01:54:08","Email":"sylviakim811@gmail.com","FirstName":"sylvia","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"choi","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"63","Message":"It\u2019s hard to get stock as it is already\u2026 the 2 months dispensing will make situations worse. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 01:39:32","Email":"Monidlam@gmail.com","FirstName":"Monid","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3106","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"62","Message":"On behalf of myself, Silvana, I requested the pharmacist share my story of my struggle to obtain Trulicity. The new policy will make it even harder. I have had to take more insulin to compensate. I dont want more of this problem. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 01:28:22","Email":"INFO@CINCOTTACHEMISTWG.COM.AU","FirstName":"SILVANA ROSO","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2500","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"61","Message":"An apology\nTo the patient who had to pay more for their blood pressure medication because caduet is the only brand I can access and it has a surcharge - I'm sorry \nTo the patient who had to get his Ezetimibe and Rosuvastatin in seperate boxes sticky taped together because the combination product is out of stock- I'm sorry.\nTo the 20  patients we have on our Ozempic wait list desperately trying to access supply of the medication to manage their diabetes - I am sorry \nTo the handful of patients who have received an Ozempic but can't get stable supply to control their diabetes - I am sorry.\nTo the 3 gentleman yesterday who had to pay more yesterday to get their prostate mediation because we can only get duodart and it has a brand price premium- I'm sorry.\nBut most of all to the staff who everyday work their bums off to try an source medications from different suppliers and even other pharmacies - I'm sorry for all the extra stress. You do an incredible job each and everyday, now and throughout the pandemic - you showed up, smiled and got on with it. Thank you and keep up the great work.\nFrom your stressed pharmacist ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 01:18:59","Email":"ali_glenny@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Ali","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4510","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"60","Message":"Hi.i have had issues with my medical supplies in the past.one was out fo stock and had to go  down to a lower dose witch ment instead of 3 \u00d750mg to 6 \u00d725mg.quit disturbing to take that many pills at once.hope I never have to go through that again.hope this helps.have a great one. Thsnks","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 00:53:42","Email":"Saltrock60@gmail.com ","FirstName":"Gregory Yarrow","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4507","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"59","Message":"It truly baffles me how they thought this was a good idea. Not only will it make medication shortages much worse, but it is directly undercutting community pharmacies, forcing them to charge more for services they used to provide for free. \nThis can only negatively impact the community. ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 00:39:47","Email":"sam.willis99@icloud.com","FirstName":"Sam","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4814","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"58","Message":"There will no longer be any continuation of care between the GP and pharmacy as this relationship will forever be strained if this proceeds. I feel for the elderly who will now be subject to other additional charges for FREE services that the pharmacy were previously offering at no cost. It is a shame that the community suffers as pharmacy is the ONLY  healthcare team that offers FREE advice without the added barrier of organising a time for a consultation. Good luck attracting high quality talent into the sector at a University level. The safety of the Australian public is at risk. I commend consumer Australia for highlighting the cost of a GP consultation as a barrier parralel with the cost of medication. Why is nothing being done to help patients with this cost? ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-27 00:05:38","Email":"stefmanou1@gmail.com","FirstName":"Stef","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"3073","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"56","Message":"In Mark Butlers address yesterday morning he stated that all the money being ripped out of dispensing fees in pharmacy would be re-invested into pharmacy services. So as a pharmacist I won\u2019t be able to focus on my main job of dispensing your medication safely, I will be running around trying to deliver all these extra services to re-coup my existing level of funding so I can pay all my overheads and loans. This is not extra funding for pharmacy services, it\u2019s moving money around and making us provide services for a fraction of the price I doctor would, taking away from time we spend dispensing medication safely. Expect longer wait time for scripts to be filled, because I will have to be vaccinating and doing a Medscheck all at one time. That is a patient safety concern. I won\u2019t be able to employ an extra pharmacist to help with these extra services as there is no extra funding and not enough pharmacists in the country anyway. Also the \"re-invested\" funding was only the savings to government, not the savings to customers. Pharmacies can not handle these cuts without seriously affecting the way we operate. Mark Butler is understating the risk of medication shortages.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-26 23:32:55","Email":"Rowenturnbull91@gmail.com","FirstName":"Rowen Turnbull","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2281","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"55","Message":"In some occasions I was not able to receive my medication. My husband is 85 years he is  on more medication than myself and missed In taking couple of his vital regular medication because they were not available. \nMy concern is about the  jobs that will be lost because of the reduction in staff at any pharmacy who might turn to center link offices for government to pay them for their living.\nMagda Malik ","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-26 23:31:07","Email":"magdasmalik@hotmail.com","FirstName":"Magda Malik ","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2067","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"51","Message":"My husband and mother in law are both on blood pressure tablets and my husband is also on other tablets to help for his condition and with the shortage of products are going to put more pressure on his condition and if my husband and mother in law cannot access their blood pressure tablets they are both of high risk of having a stroke or heat attack!","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-26 22:10:14","Email":"sue.raven@srpbs.com.au","FirstName":"Sue Raven","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"4214","Anonymous":"False"},{"ID":"48","Message":"My cholesterol medication is not available. My pharmacist was obliged to give me two medications to replace the one that is unavailable. This is an unnecessary expense. The government needs to get on top of the supply issue and deal with the pharmaceutical companies - not punish pharmacists for supply shortages that are out of their control.","Status":"Approved","CreatedAt":"2023-04-26 21:35:36","Email":"bruce.ferrington@radford.act.edu.au","FirstName":"Brucee","BusinessName":"undefined","Postcode":"2605","Anonymous":"False"}]}}