Can I get a prescription online without seeing a doctor?
No. In Australia, prescription medicines can only be prescribed by a registered practitioner who has consulted with you, and that rule exists for your safety. What has changed is how fast the consultation can be: at NewDoc you book online, a GP speaks with you by video or phone, and where a medicine is clinically appropriate the eScript arrives on your phone within minutes of the consult. For eligible Medicare cardholders the consultation is bulk billed: $0 out of pocket.
Watch: Can I get a repeat prescription without seeing my GP?
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The short answer
Yes. You can get a repeat prescription without seeing your regular GP. Many patients contact us because their GP is booked out and they need a script urgently.
When patients use telehealth for a repeat script
Some are on holiday and cannot get in with their local doctor, or cannot find one in the area, so they book a telehealth consult for the script they need. Others have simply forgotten, and it is the weekend.
In those situations a NewDoc GP can provide a repeat prescription in a telehealth consult, when it is clinically appropriate.
The rule, and why it protects you
Every prescription in Australia is a clinical decision by a registered prescriber, made after consulting you. A service that offers medicines with no consultation at all is cutting out the safety step that checks interactions, doses and whether the medicine is still right for you. NewDoc GPs conduct a real-time video or phone consultation for every prescription.
What the compliant fast path looks like
For a repeat of a medicine you already take, the consult is usually short: the GP confirms your history, checks nothing has changed, and sends the eScript to your phone. The consultation is bulk billed for eligible Medicare cardholders, and the medicine itself is then priced at the pharmacy, where PBS subsidies apply to listed medicines.
Last reviewed 23 September 2026. Editorial policy