NSW Health advise patient date of birth now required on prescriptions

All prescriptions for Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 medicines which are issued and dispensed in NSW must now show the patient’s date of birth (DOB), as well as the patient’s name and address. Where a patient’s DOB does not appear on a prescription, a pharmacist may still dispense the prescription, but must obtain the patient’s DOB from the patient or their agent and record this within the dispensing system.

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This article appeared in Practice Pulse on Wednesday, 9 November 2022. If you are a GP, practice nurse or practice manager in South Western Sydney and do not get the weekly Practice Pulse email, speak to your Practice Support Officer.