Call for QPIP phase 2 EOIs
August 14, 2014
COMMUNITY pharmacies are
being invited to submit expressions
of interest (EOIs) for phase two
of the Queensland Pharmacist
Immunisation Pilot (QPIP) (PD
breaking news yesterday).
The Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia (PSA) Queensland branch
and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Queensland branch, with the
research team from Queensland
University of Technology and James
Cook University, have called for
community pharmacies to submit
EOIs for the expansion of the QPIP,
which will see a second influenza
season in 2015 incorporated,
as well as new vaccinations for
measles and whooping cough for
adults (PD 12 Jul).
A PSA spokesperson told PD that
phase two would look to add a
further 120 pharmacies, with about
200 involved in total, compared
with almost 80 for phase one.
In a joint statement, the Guild
and PSA said this would include 49
from south east Queensland and 71
pharmacies anywhere else in the
state.
The projected start date for the
new vaccinations was 01 Sep,
with the pharmacies from phase
one already in place and the pilot
working to have systems installed,
primarily data recording software,
to facilitate the implementation of
phase two, the spokesperson said.
EOIs were open from anyone
who addressed the criteria,
which included having access to
Guildcare software and a private
counseling room available, and
then the pilot would be looking at
selecting pharmacies to address a
variety of sites and locations, the
spokesperson said.
The statement said as with
the initial pilot, phase two was
designed to target specific criteria
to ensure results provided the
evidence needed to evaluate the
role of the pharmacist administered
measles, whooping cough and
influenza immunisation service.
“To facilitate this, we will continue
to evaluate safety, ADR’s, patient
satisfaction and improvements in
vaccination access in both South-
East Queensland and now in a
wider section of Queensland.”
EOIs close 25 Aug.
Pharmacies can access the EOI
forms HERE.
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