Senate Community Affairs References Committee (part 2 of 2)
26 June 2026
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:16
Speaker 9
DBS listed. So midazolam, which we use for seizure control, as an injection, is not, on the pharmaceutical benefit scheme. Guanazepam is, but it can't be put here in a pump to run continuously at home.
00:17 - 00:17
Ah.
00:17 - 01:16
Speaker 9
So that would be one barrier. And then the barrier is also for our pharmacists stocking it routinely. And particularly in our rural regions, that can be a a barrier, and we do have often families running around after hours or on weekends trying to source a pharmacy that might have enough stock to last a weekend. In Adelaide where I work, I am fortunate we have three pharmacies that have mandatory stocking of those end of life type medications, but that still could be a distance for a family to travel to one of those three pharmacies that have undertaken to stock that with government support. So it's it's a lack of stocking at pharmacies can be difficult and then the cost factor.
Clonazepam is, on the pharmaceutical benefit scheme, we utilize that, as best we can.
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