The Victorian government will provide almost $30 million in this week's state budget to roll out a real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) system based on the national Electronic Reporting and Recording of Controlled Drugs (ERRCD) program.

The move follows more than a decade of calls from Victorian coroners, including 21 coronial findings since 2012, calling for the urgent implementation of RTPM. This includes one this month by coroner Audrey Jamieson as part of her finding on the death of a Hampton Park man in September 2012 from bronchopneumonia on a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use.