Code of Ethics review
July 2025 to June 2026
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), in partnership with the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, is undertaking a review, update and further development of the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists (the ‘Code’). The Code is a fundamental resource that articulates the values of the pharmacy profession and expected standards of ethical behaviour of pharmacists towards individuals, the community and society. The Code underpins the professional practice of all pharmacists in Australia.
The core objectives are to:
- review, revise and further develop the Code to align with contemporary pharmacy practice and the expectations of the profession and the wider community
- deliver a revised Code with increased clarity on emerging ethical issues (e.g. broadening scope of practice, increased compounding, expansion of digital systems that provide clinical information to pharmacists)
- support pharmacists to implement the revised Code to enable pharmacists to continue to provide the highest quality of care in their daily practice.
Public consultation:
Draft revised Code of Ethics
Over the past eight months, the project has undertaken a best-practice review of the Code, including extensive stakeholder consultation, and developed a draft of the next Code. The next stage of this project is public consultation on the draft Code.
About this consultation
This public consultation is designed to provide the opportunity for a broad range of individuals and organisational stakeholders to provide feedback on the draft revised Code.
You may wish to address some or all of the consultation questions in your response.
You can complete the survey through email submission of the MS Word Template, or by using our online form. If doing the form online, it must be completed in one sitting.
The survey will close on 17 April 2026. We will not provide separate responses to individuals who make a submission.
Deidentified excerpts from your responses may be used in the communication of the revised Code of Ethics. If you do not consent to this, please mark the statement on the response template or the online form.
For any project enquiries or questions, please email Project Manager Leah.Robinson@psa.org.au
Key milestones and timelines for the remainder of the project are:
Consultation opens –
11 March 2026
Consultation closes –
17 April 2026
Review feedback & insights to final draft April 2026
Revised Code of Ethics launch – 1 July 2026
National Webinar – 21 July 2026. Registrations open early July
PSA26 Conference Sessions – 1 August 2026. Check PSA26 program for times
Once you complete the MS Word response, please email to consultations@psa.org.au by 17 April 2026.
Please note the MS Word response contains the same questions as the online survey.
Please choose only ONE method of responding to avoid duplicating your submission.
Have feedback or insights?
You can either submit the form below or call 1300 369 772 and select “Code of Ethics review project” (option 6), leave a message and the PSA team will contact you.
