Pharmacists working at Brisbane’s Mater hospital will dispense drugs for free as they join industrial action by hospital employees over wages and conditions.

About 80 pharmacists work for Mater across its sites, and Professional Pharmacists Australia confirmed 97 per cent of its members had voted to take the action this week.

Allied health workers rally outside Mater Hospital in December. Credit:Stuart Layt

PPA national president Geoff Marsh said the offer amounted to an 18 per cent pay cut for pharmacists working for Mater.

“These guys are professionals, it’s a gross disrespect to them to want to knock their wages by that amount. You wouldn’t see that in another profession,” Dr Marsh said.