GPs able to initiate FP 50 prescriptions again The revised listing follows a concerted advocacy campaign and was confirmed on the same day as a number of other PBS changes.
What alternatives are there to FP 50? With the common asthma medication not expected to return to the PBS until July, GPs may need to give patients other options.
FP 50 decision reversed GPs will once again be able to initiate PBS prescriptions for a commonly used paediatric asthma medication, following a strong advocacy campaign.
PBAC to review FP 50 decision Controls placed on GPs initiating PBS prescriptions of the commonly used paediatric asthma medicine will be revisited at the next intracycle meeting.
FP 50 restriction sparks prescribing authority debate GPs have questioned why some medications can only be prescribed by certain specialties, calling differential access to the PBS ‘utterly illogical’.
RACGP joins fight against asthma med change The college has written to the PBAC Chair about potential grave consequences for families due to new restrictions on fluticasone propionate 50 mcg.
GPs concerned over ‘disruptive’ fluticasone PBS restrictions Patients aged six and under will now have to be seen by a paediatrician or respiratory physician to access a PBS script for the asthma medication.