vaccination
Remove pharmacy vax red tape in 8CPA: report
Covid and NIP vaccines will at some point need to be managed under the same arrangements, and should be harmonised, a new report says, noting that the current framework creates …
Tasmania aligns pharmacists’ scope for NIP rollout
Tasmania updates state vaccination program to enable pharmacists to administer full suite of NIP shots from 1 January 2024 Pharmacist immunisers in Tasmania will be able to initiate and administer …
ATAGI shifts Covid vaccine preference
Monovalent Omicron XBB.1.5 Covid-19 vaccines are now the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation’s (ATAGI’s) preferred option for individuals aged five years and older ATAGI has updated its guidance regarding …
More pharmacist jabs criticised as ‘gambling’ with children’s health
Pharmacists call for vaccine harmonisation, as doctors slam new regulations enabling pharmacists to vaccinate children aged two and up The Australian Medical Association has attacked an announcement by the Queensland …
Vaccine red tape slashed in NSW
NSW has updated its pharmacist vaccination standards, expanding access to NIP jabs and more The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the Minns Government’s move to expand vaccination access, which …
Premier lauds ‘trusted source’ as Vic pharmacy pilot begins
The Victorian community pharmacist prescribing pilot is a “win” for patients, says the Guild, as state premier and health minister mark its beginning The Allan Labor government has said in …
The week in review
As Australians head to the polls this weekend for the Voice Referendum, we wrap up another busy week in pharmacy CAPS has written to GPs, saying that 60-day dispensing won’t …
New Covid jab approved
The TGA has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent Covid-19 vaccine Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced on Wednesday (11 October) that the Therapeutic Goods Administration has authorised their Comirnaty …
Flu jab boost in under-65s could save lives: report
A new report looks at barriers to flu vaccines in NSW – including how pharmacies can help The new paper, from the NSW Productivity Commission, “illustrates the potential health and …
‘Public health menace’ addressed by NIP
Shingles vaccines are to be available through the National Immunisation Program, including through community pharmacies Health minister Mark Butler has advised the public to ask their pharmacist or GP about …
Nurse tampered with vaccines at CWH
A pharmacist became suspicious of a patient’s requests for privacy before receiving the Covid-19 jab – and when she checked the store’s CCTV, spotted professional misconduct in the consulting room …
World News Wrapup – 3 August 2023
Workforce shortages leave two-thirds of French pharmacies short-staffed; pharmacist dies after being found unconscious during triathlon; British MPs back pharmacy vaccination services Paris, France: Workforce shortages are continuing to plague …