Have you dealt with the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS)?
In April 2017, the Government made a commitment to streamline the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) listing processes, in order to improve the efficiency, transparency and timeliness of the medicines listing process. Information on this can be found here.
As part of this commitment, the Government will be introducing a Medicines Status Website in July 2019 to help people follow the progress of submissions for medicines through the PBS listing process. Click here for more information on this website.
The Department of Health is currently seeking feedback on this website. You can provide your feedback via email at PBSimprovements@health.gov.au
The closing date for comments is 29 April 2019.
The Stroke Foundation will also be providing a brief response to the Department of Health on this consultation. If you have used, or currently use information on the PBS website to track the progress of medicines through to PBS listing, we would be interested to hear your views. If you could provide your feedback by close of business on Tuesday April 23 that would be greatly appreciated.