COVID VACCINATION: The Guild will be keeping Members informed of developments relating to the significant involvement of community pharmacy in the roll-out of the COVID vaccines.
With such a significant task ahead of us to immunise as many Australians who want to receive the vaccine in 2021 - we literally need all trained immunisers to get the job done, and this has been recognised by Health Minister Greg Hunt. We thank the Minister for the support and confidence he has shown in community pharmacy.
Community pharmacists will be vaccinating patients from Phase 2a of the national vaccine roll-out strategy, giving millions of Australians the option of having their vaccination at their local pharmacy.
Pharmacists and pharmacy assistants will be vaccinated as part of Phase 1b, recognising their essential role as health care workers, and standing them in good stead to advise and assist patients seeking information on the vaccine.
We are continuing to work through a number of issues and questions around the involvement of community pharmacy and we will keep Members informed as we gather more information.
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