The ACT party is proposing to expand pharmacists' medical responsibilities, including treating minor conditions, managing long-term medication, and triaging skin lesions using AI, to ease pressure on general practitioners and improve access to care.
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unpaid work and after-hours demands
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor saysreducing GP demand through alternative care
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