- Target:
- The Minister for Health - The Hon Peter Dutton MP
- Region:
- Australia
Closed. Thank you.
The Valla Community has a population of over 2000 people (comprising Valla Beach and Valla Rural). A community pharmacy would ensure the timely access to medication for all members of the community and further improve access to primary health care.
A pharmacy in Valla would address the significant lack of public transport in the community and need to traverse what is a currently a very dangerous section of the Pacific Highway to travel to surrounding towns for medication and pharmacy services.
Due to a peculiarity in the pharmacy approval rules Valla is not eligible to have a pharmacy to serve the needs of locals and visitors.
In order to get a pharmacy in Valla we must get the Minister for Health to exercise the Discretionary Power of approval. We must convince him that approving a pharmacy is in the public interest and that the Valla community is being left without reasonable access to Pharmaceutical Benefits.
Please sign the petition to show the minister your support!
We support the establishment of a pharmacy at Valla Beach, that can dispense Pharmaceutical Benefits (government subsidised prescriptions), to serve the Valla community.