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Doctors’ prescriptions for patients can be made valid for a full year from next September, compared to the previous six month renewal rule.

Prescribers can now write prescriptions for patients that are valid for up to 12 months

The change could also reduce costs for patients who do not receive free GP care via a GP Visit Card or a medical card.

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The Cork pharmacist said the changes are going to have a resource implication in community pharmacy, so the details need to be worked out. 

This is an extension from the current six month period and Minister Donnelly said it will ‘improve patient care and access’.

Pharmacists will have the power to extend prescriptions for up to a year from next March in a move which would cut down on patient costs and GP visits.

Pharmacists will be able to extend the validity of prescriptions for up to 12 months under new plans announced today. Under the new measures, which will

Pharmacists could be granted the authority to assess and prescribe for common minor ailments within a community pharmacy setting and function as independent prescribers, according to the Department of Health

PHARMACISTS in Ireland could soon be prescribing medicines under new proposals being examined by government. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced an Expert Taskforce which has been established to support the expansion of pharmacist roles across the country. It will examine “how pharmacists can be enabled to operate at the top of their licence