New immunisations to be administered by NSW pharmacists.
The NSW Government has confirmed that from January 2019 the scope of pharmacist-administered vaccinations in the state will be expanded to include measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and dipththeria, tetanus, pertussis (dTpa) in addition to the influenza vaccine.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has also announced that the minimum age of patients able to be vaccinated by trained pharmacists will be reduced from 18 to 16 years.
The changes bring NSW into line with Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory in terms of the range of vaccines that can be administered by pharmacists.
NSW Pharmacy Guild Branch President, David Heffernan congratulated Hazzard and NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro on the “very sensible and beneficial extension of pharmacist-administered vaccination”.
More information in today’s issue of Pharmacy Daily.
