abc.net.au/news/sa-women-could-soon-access-uti-medication-from-pharmacist/101776190The South Australian parliament will explore how pharmacists could provide medication for some urinary tract infections without the need for a doctor's prescription, following similar moves interstate.
"She can quite often be booked out as well, and it's very inconvenient when you just want to get that medication which can take away the pain quite rapidly," she said. "A pharmacist is very good at dispensing medication and we absolutely require their help when it comes to giving a prescription," she said.
"Unfortunately at the moment our toolkit in what we can provide in terms of treatment is very limited, generally it's symptomatic treatment ... but it doesn't actually fix the problem if it is an infection issue," he said.