vaccination
Employers forget CWH lesson on training: PPA
Employers are illegally forcing pharmacists to pay for their own COVID-19 vaccine training, claims the employee pharmacists’ union Professionals Pharmacists Australia has issued a statement saying that it has warned …
Vaccine training for assistants
The Australasian College of Pharmacy has launched a new free course intended to prepare frontline pharmacy assistants to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines The Safe Vaccination Services in Community …
Supply secured as country hits national dose record
Australian government enters supply agreement with Moderna for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine The Australian Government has secured 25 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to “diversify …
Clinical tips: Flu
There’s no room for complacency about the flu vaccine this year, write Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen Looking back on the last 12 months, COVID-19 has and continues to fundamentally …
World news wrapup: 13 May 2021
Stabbing attack in NZ supermarket pharmacy; man steals COVID-19 vaccine to have it analysed; Indian pharmacists left out in the cold Dunedin, New Zealand: A stabbing attack which saw three …
Ready and waiting
No more mass vaccination hubs should be activated until community pharmacies are engaged, says Guild president, as new Sydney centre opens its doors Community pharmacies are still waiting to be …
Aussies back vaccine mandate
Three-quarters of Australians would support a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for work, study and travel, new research has found The first research into public attitudes towards a mandate – a study …
The week in review
A new COVID-19 cluster this week in Sydney, as the disease ravages India New restrictions were introduced in NSW this week, due to cases of COVID-19 acquired in the community, …
Two million doses surpassed
Five new reports of blood clots and low blood platelets are likely linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, says TGA More than 2.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now …
COVID pharmacy need ‘more acute’ in Queensland
The Queensland branches of the Guild and PSA have teamed up to underline the critical role of community pharmacies as the COVID-19 vaccination rollout evolves The two organisations say that …
Coverage surpasses national goal
Childhood immunisations reach record rates in first quarter of 2021 The immunisation coverage rate for five year olds has increased to a historic 95.22%. “This surpasses our national aspiration of …
Pharmacies ‘on the bench’
Chemist Warehouse and the Pharmacy Guild are in agreement: community pharmacies could be vaccinating against COVID-19 already The Brisbane Times reports that Pharmacy Guild members are having to turn away …