PBS medicines that can be approved online are increasing
Date published:
19 Aug 2022
Services Australia has been working with the Department of Health and Aged Care to increase the number of PBS items that can be approved in real time using the Online PBS Authorities System (the system).
From 1 September 2022, prescribers can submit certain Authority Required ‘Written’ (written) PBS medicines on the schedule using the system. Over time, more written PBS medicines across broader medicine groups will be added to the system for real time approval.
Services Australia will continue to work with the Department of Health and Aged Care to update the relevant PBS listings and will continue to share this information with you as it becomes available.
Over the next two years, Services Australia will also be improving the system’s digital capability to support the transition of Authority Required (Written) medicines for online access.
Read the changes
Additional information
Can PBS authority approval be submitted by post?
Prescribers can still submit applications for authority to prescribe by:
- mailing the application
- uploading applications in HPOS.
Updated versions of application forms will remain available on Services Australia's website.
How will prescribers know what the changes are?
Whenever there are changes, Services Australia will send the RACP a summary table to share with you, to let you know what’s changed. Services Australia will explain what the change is, for what condition, and the drugs that treat it.
This information was provided to RACP on 19 August 2022