Contraception unavailable in hospital pharmacy

 

Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (12:42:11) — My constituency question is for the Minister for Health. A constituent of mine, having experienced a sudden health issue, recently found herself unexpectedly admitted to the Mercy Hospital for Women for several days. She was shocked to find that the pharmacy at this public hospital would not supply her with her regular contraception while she was there. The government’s Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health: Key Priorities 2017–2020 includes the right to effective and affordable methods of family planning and fertility regulation. How is it, then, that a publicly funded hospital can deny women contraceptive medication, and does the minister intend to address this?

 

Fiona Patten MP

Leader of Reason

Member for Northern Metropolitan Region

Constituency question asked 29/11/17