MPs Hans Edvard Askjer, Ida Lindtveit Røse and Jonas Andersen Sayed propose better use of pharmacy expertise across health and care services. The proposers argue that pharmacies can reduce pressure on GPs and municipal health services by taking on wider responsibilities—including medication dispensing, vaccinations, prescription renewals and medicine consultations. They contend that transferring tasks to pharmacies should be the default wherever it is professionally sound.
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Stortinget urges the government to intensify work on transferring tasks to pharmacies, starting from the premise that tasks should be shifted to pharmacies wherever professionally sound. This would improve resource efficiency and ensure sustainable public health and care services.