Update to the Image-based prescribing Special Arrangement
Page last updated: 3 April 2024
Please note: The information on this page is no longer current and is only included here for historical reference.
Current information on patient acknowledge of receipt of a pharmaceutical benefit
is provided on the Supplying Medicines — What Pharmacists Need to Know page.
The Department of Health and Aged Care has confirmed arrangements for image-based prescribing in hospitals outlined in the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 (the Special Arrangement) ends on 31 March 2023. However, the requirement for a patient to provide written acknowledgment (e.g. a signature) for prescriptions will continue to not be enforced under the Special Arrangement until 31 March 2024.
