A voluntary opportunity has arisen to chair the Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Board, the body that advises the Minister for Social Security on the funding of community medicines. The Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Committee advises the Social Security Minister on medicines which may be prescribed in the community and dispensed to Islanders, free of cost. The committee comprises medical practitioners, pharmacists and other experts, chaired by an impartial lay person who seeks to ensure the committee undertake an objective assessment of the matters tabled for consideration.
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