New rules are due to be announced on Wednesday, which will see online doctors banned from prescribing drugs to patients they have never spoken to.

President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Dr Nicole Higgins told John Stanley that there are some serious dangers if patients and doctors don’t have proper consultations about their medication needs.

<p>New rules are due to be announced on Wednesday, which will see online doctors banned from prescribing drugs to patients they have never spoken to.</p>
<p>President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Dr Nicole Higgins told John Stanley that there are some serious dangers if patients and doctors don’t have proper consultations about their medication needs.</p>

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