Pharmacy Daily | Pharmacy vaccination push

THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it will continue to advocate nationally for pharmacist administered vaccination programs this year, following three state approved changes to legislation. Since 2015, trained and approved pharmacists in NSW, SA and WA have been administering the influenza vaccine to healthy adults, the Guild said. Northern Territory and Queensland pharmacies have also been administering influenza, measles and whooping cough vaccines to eligible adults when part of the official trial program. On 05 Dec 2013 the Pharmacy Board of Australia announced that vaccination was within the current scope of practice of pharmacists following work undertaken on its behalf by the then Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee and with consultation with the Guild. The Guild said it is hopeful that legislation in ACT and Tasmania will be amended in time to enable pharmacist-administered influenza vaccines this season and Victoria in time for the 2017 influenza season.

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