The medical observer today had an article on GPs involved in the response effort including helping patients out with lost scripts as people left their homes with minimal or no belongings.
There are two ways you can obtain medications besides seeing your doctor. Your pharmacist can provide three days emergency supply or can contact your doctor on your behalf to confirm the medication and ensure the scripts are sent to the pharmacy “as soon as practicable” as stated in the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulations 2008 (NSW).
There are also ways to have authority prescriptions ordered earlier and pick up an early supply of your medication if you have the script but no medication.
All these are encompassed in the relevant state and federal law but brought together in the the advice provided by the federal Department of Health for areas affected by bushfire.
The document also has information for pharmacists on claiming for prescriptions if phone lines are down or their prescription claim is destroyed by fire.
