Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing update
Date published:
19 Jul 2022
Please see the below important information about Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listing.
The PBS medicines that can be approved online are increasing
Services Australia has been working with the Department of Health to increase the number of PBS items that can be approved in ‘real time’ using the Online PBS Authorities System (the system).
Starting on 1 July 2022, prescribers will be able to submit certain Authority Required ‘Written’ (written) PBS medicines on the schedule using the online 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 working with the Department of Health to update the relevant PBS listings as quickly as possible. We’ll continue to share information from Services Australia as it becomes available.
Over the next two years, Services Australia will be working to improve the system’s digital capability and support the transition of Authority Required (Written) medicines for online access.
Read the July 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 our the Services Australia website.
How will prescribers know what the changes are?
Whenever there are changes, Services Australia will send us a summary table to let you know what’s changed. will explain what the change is, for what condition, and the drugs that treat it.