Suzanne drives eight hours to get ADHD medicine from a specialist. Australian GPs say they need more prescribing powers

Exclusive: Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners urges Albanese government to increase range of medicines they can prescribeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvery three months, Suzanne Grobke makes an eight-hour round-trip to access the ADHD medicine her 12-year-old daughter depends on.“My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD when she was three and we see a paediatrician in Sydney because it was up to a two-year wait to see someone regionally,” she said. Continue reading...

Suzanne drives eight hours to get ADHD medicine from a specialist. Australian GPs say they need more prescribing powers

Exclusive: Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners urges Albanese government to increase range of medicines they can prescribe

Every three months, Suzanne Grobke makes an eight-hour round-trip to access the ADHD medicine her 12-year-old daughter depends on.

“My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD when she was three and we see a paediatrician in Sydney because it was up to a two-year wait to see someone regionally,” she said. Continue reading...