Victoria’s comprehensive real-time prescription monitoring system, SafeScript, goes online this month. SafeScript commences its roll out in the Western Victoria Primary Health Network catchment in October, before being introduced to the rest of Victoria early next year.
SafeScript has been introduced in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths caused by prescription medicine overdoses by giving medical practitioners and pharmacists up to date information about a patient’s prescription history.
In addition, a new awareness campaign is commencing, targeted at the general public, which highlights the dangers of certain prescription medicines. A new pharmaceuticals hotline is also being set up to provide advice and support for those who are concerned about their prescription medicine use.
Read the Victorian government’s media release here.
Find out more about SafeScript, including accessing public resources, here.