Places
Australia and New Zealand
PBS, shortages, southern summers, and telehealth.
Down here it is largely telehealth and patience. Supply has been genuinely difficult at times, criteria are specific, and every piece of northern-hemisphere advice about cool bags was written for a mild summer.
Who this circle is for
- You are in Australia or New Zealand
- You have lived through a shortage
- You are working out what is subsidised and what is not
Agreements here
- We date every report about supply, because it changes fast
- Southern-hemisphere practicalities get their own answers here
PBS criteria in plain words
Tilly12 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: PBS criteria in plain words Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns out to be true…
What my GP could and could not prescribe
Maren11 replies
What my GP could and could not prescribe — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns…
Forty-one degrees and a cool bag
Bodhi12 replies
A question rather than an update: Forty-one degrees and a cool bag Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. What I keep tripping on is not the physical bit.…
Christmas in summer and a fortnight away
Tilly19 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: Christmas in summer and a fortnight away Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. My…
Moving from Melbourne to Auckland mid-treatment
Ottavia16 replies
Something I have been sitting with: Moving from Melbourne to Auckland mid-treatment Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Regional question, because I have read a…
The shortage months and what my pharmacist did
Tavita13 replies
The shortage months and what my pharmacist did Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. The thing…
A pharmacist who rang round the state for me
Bronwen21 replies
Something I have been sitting with: A pharmacist who rang round the state for me Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Regional question, because I have read a great…
Rural Queensland distances
Tamar14 replies
Rural Queensland distances — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns out to be true…
Telehealth that worked, and one that did not
Otti18 replies
A question rather than an update: Telehealth that worked, and one that did not Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. My prescriber has been fine,…
Getting bloods done between two practices
Bevan24 replies
A question rather than an update: Getting bloods done between two practices Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. My prescriber has been fine, genuinely.…
Cost without subsidy
Ozzy19 replies
Cost without subsidy Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns out to be true in one country only.…
New Zealand availability and a long wait
Ozren19 replies
New Zealand availability and a long wait — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Anyone else here in my part of the world? I would like to compare notes. My…