- PSA welcomes investment into research to reduce medication harm ~ (12/6/2021)
- Diversity, equality and continuity of leadership ~ (12/6/2021)
- Nicotine vaping product access changes coming ~ (10/6/2021)
- PSA welcomes new Branch Committee Office Bearers and Branch Appointed Directors ~ (8/6/2021)
- A day to celebrate ~ (7/6/2021)
Media releases
June 2021
May 2021
- PSA launches Reconciliation Action Plan ~ (31/5/2021)
- National Reconciliation Week – a time to reflect ~ (28/5/2021)
- A landmark day in Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: PSA welcomes announcement that community pharmacists will commence vaccinating within weeks in rural and remote Queensland ~ (20/5/2021)
- PSA welcomes new State and Territory Branch Committees ~ (13/5/2021)
- Pharmacists more prepared for COVID-19 vaccine rollout thanks to the Australian Digital Health Agency’s support ~ (13/5/2021)
- PSA welcomes the Government’s commitment to aged care, but more must be done ~ (11/5/2021)
- WA PSA recognises outstanding pharmacists ~ (10/5/2021)
- Budget must fund pharmacists for aged care to end avoidable deaths ~ (7/5/2021)
- PSA welcomes re-elected Tasmanian Government ~ (6/5/2021)
- PSA thanks Steve Morris for his contribution ~ (6/5/2021)
- Community pharmacists united in the fight against COVID-19 ~ (5/5/2021)
- Medicine Safety is a game of Russian roulette for older Australians ~ (5/5/2021)
April 2021
- Government must act to reduce harmful medicine use in aged care ~ (30/4/2021)
- Pharmacist access to NIP needed nationwide ~ (30/4/2021)
- PSA welcomes major parties commitment to NIP ~ (28/4/2021)
- Keep ahead of the spread and get your flu jab by your local pharmacist ~ (27/4/2021)
- PSA Member Professional Indemnity Insurance ~ (23/4/2021)
- NSW Government backs pharmacists for NIP ~ (14/4/2021)
March 2021
- Record number nominate for PSA elections ~ (31/3/2021)
- Changes to WA legislation enable pharmacist-administered COVID-19 vaccinations ~ (25/3/2021)
- Extraordinary Queensland pharmacists recognised ~ (23/3/2021)
- PSA welcomes new Guild leadership ~ (21/3/2021)
- SA PSA Recognises Outstanding Achievement ~ (17/3/2021)
- NSW PSA Recognises Outstanding Achievement ~ (17/3/2021)
- Report reveals 72,500 rural and remote Australians admitted to hospital each year due to medicine-related problems ~ (12/3/2021)
- Pharmacists Call for Stability ~ (11/3/2021)
- Every older Australian to be protected by a pharmacist: now is the time for action ~ (1/3/2021)
February 2021
- Call for the next leaders of Australia’s Peak Body for Pharmacists ~ (26/2/2021)
- Help shape the future of pharmacy ~ (26/2/2021)
- PharMIbridge RCT training for pharmacists in Northern Sydney ~ (24/2/2021)
- Supporting those who support pharmacists ~ (24/2/2021)
- A ‘momentous’ day: PSA welcomes start of vaccine roll out ~ (22/2/2021)
- Pharmacists respond to the COVID19 vaccine challenge ~ (19/2/2021)
- PSA invites pharmacists to become part of COVID-19 vaccination program ~ (1/2/2021)
January 2021
- UWA takes out PSOTY Wildcard 2021 at NAPSA Congress ~ (29/1/2021)
- 2021/22 Budget Submission: Pharmacists integral to improve health outcomes of Australians ~ (29/1/2021)
- Pharmacists recognised in Australia Day Honours ~ (26/1/2021)
- PSA welcomes TGA approval of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine ~ (25/1/2021)
- Active ingredient prescribing imminent ~ (20/1/2021)
- NSW budget provides opportunity to improve health outcomes ~ (14/1/2021)
- Pharmacists to play key role in COVID-19 vaccine rollout ~ (13/1/2021)
- Vale Mr John Ware OAM ~ (4/1/2021)
December 2020
- PSA urges rural and remote pharmacies to check RPMA eligibility ~ (23/12/2020)
- Victorian pharmacists honoured ~ (23/12/2020)
- New Queensland Core Palliative Care Medicines List for patients ~ (17/12/2020)
- A win for interdisciplinary collaboration ~ (15/12/2020)
- Outstanding ACT Pharmacists honoured ~ (10/12/2020)
- Use Victorian pharmacists to reduce medicine related harm ~ (7/12/2020)
November 2020
- New advice for antibiotics ~ (20/11/2020)
- PSA welcomes NSW Government budget commitments ~ (17/11/2020)
- PSA welcomes appointment of new Queensland Health Minister ~ (12/11/2020)
- PSA congratulates returned Palaszczuk Government ~ (2/11/2020)
- WA pharmacists now able to vaccinate outside pharmacy ~ (2/11/2020)
October 2020
- PSA strongly backs proposed recommendations to Aged Care Quality and Safety Royal Commission ~ (22/10/2020)
- PSA urges QLD political parties to support pharmacists improve health ~ (12/10/2020)
- World Mental Health Day: Opportunity for pharmacists to do more ~ (9/10/2020)
- Federal Budget Builds a safer medicines future for all Australians ~ (6/10/2020)
- PSA call on ACT political parties to support pharmacists ~ (1/10/2020)
September 2020
- Notice of PSA Annual General Meeting ~ (30/9/2020)
- PSA announces 2020 Excellence Award Winners ~ (25/9/2020)
- Wint Ye Phu named Intern Pharmacist of the Year ~ (25/9/2020)
- PSA delivers MRFF funding deal to enhance medicine safety ~ (25/9/2020)
- World Pharmacists Day – recognising the significant contribution ~ (24/9/2020)
- Exceptional Tasmanian pharmacists honoured ~ (23/9/2020)
- Three new PSA Fellows recognised for contribution to pharmacy ~ (22/9/2020)
- Australian pharmacists recognised at FIP Congress ~ (15/9/2020)
- PSA congratulates and welcomes productive relationship with new RACGP President ~ (10/9/2020)
- Exceptional WA pharmacists recognised ~ (9/9/2020)
- Pharmacy pen pal program reducing social isolation among older Western Australians ~ (8/9/2020)
- COVID-19 Vaccine: Utilise pharmacists for large scale rollout ~ (7/9/2020)
August 2020
- PSA call on NT political parties to support pharmacists reduce medication harm ~ (19/8/2020)
- Audit to provide opportunity to expand vaccination services ~ (17/8/2020)
- PSA holds concerns about QLD Government decision to promote COVID-19 testing in pharmacies ~ (13/8/2020)
- Totally in the dark on understanding medicines use in disability care ~ (7/8/2020)
July 2020
- Victoria COVID-19 submission highlights barriers ~ (31/7/2020)
- Mental Health Pharmacy Trial to commence soon ~ (29/7/2020)
- Vale Dr Harry Nespolon ~ (27/7/2020)
- Kurtis Gray wins 2020 Pharmacy Student of the year award ~ (24/7/2020)
- Reusable face masks available for vulnerable Victorians in pharmacies ~ (24/7/2020)
- South Australian pharmacists and pharmacy staff now better protected ~ (22/7/2020)
- SA Health to trial COVID-19 testing in community pharmacies ~ (19/7/2020)
- PSA COVID-19 Senate submission highlights issues in Australia’s response ~ (17/7/2020)
- Tasmanian Patients Embrace Electronic Prescribing ~ (16/7/2020)
- Recognising pharmacists providing diabetes support ~ (15/7/2020)
- New Training Modules to support QUM services ~ (10/7/2020)
- PSOTY state winners vie for national honours ~ (10/7/2020)
- PSA highlights unnecessary barriers in QLD COVID-19 submission ~ (7/7/2020)
- PSA welcomes new Rural Health Commissioner ~ (3/7/2020)
- Continued dispensing arrangements extended ~ (1/7/2020)
June 2020
- Improved access to important medicines in QLD ~ (25/6/2020)
- Nominations open to recognise pharmacist excellence ~ (25/6/2020)
- QLD women can now access immediate treatment for UTI’s through community pharmacies ~ (19/6/2020)
- PSA Queensland Branch elect new leadership team ~ (19/6/2020)
- Leadership for the future: PSA elects its 2020-21 Leaders ~ (18/6/2020)
- 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement to support the safe and quality use of medicines for all Australians ~ (12/6/2020)
- Three pharmacists recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours ~ (8/6/2020)
- NT community better protected by removing barriers to vaccination by pharmacists ~ (5/6/2020)
- New CPD module to support pharmacist shared medicines list ~ (5/6/2020)
- Chelsea Felkai elected PSA NSW Branch President ~ (4/6/2020)
May 2020
- Palliative Care, it’s a Human Right ~ (27/5/2020)
- Electronic prescription support line for pharmacists launched ~ (27/5/2020)
- PSA welcomes Federal Government mental health initiative ~ (18/5/2020)
- Supply of PBS medicines now allowed in Queensland through digital image ~ (15/5/2020)
- Pharmacists in NSW now able to administer vaccinations outside of pharmacy ~ (8/5/2020)
April 2020
- Updated medication management practice guidelines now available. ~ (22/4/2020)
- Remunerated medicine review follow-ups now allowed ~ (21/4/2020)
- Medication reviews via telehealth to better protect Australians ~ (17/4/2020)
- Queenslanders to be better protected during COVID-19 ~ (14/4/2020)
- People in the ACT better protected following vaccination announcement ~ (8/4/2020)
- ACT Government extend emergency dispensing for pharmacists ~ (3/4/2020)
- SA Government extends emergency dispensing for pharmacists ~ (1/4/2020)
March 2020
- Australians to access medicines without a prescription during COVID-19 ~ (31/3/2020)
- Emergency supply of medications in Tasmania ~ (31/3/2020)
- WA Health ease prescription difficulties during COVID-19 ~ (26/3/2020)
- VIC Government extend emergency dispensing for pharmacists ~ (26/3/2020)
- NSW Government extend emergency dispensing for pharmacists ~ (25/3/2020)
- Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 ~ (21/3/2020)
- Limits on dispensing to ensure equitable access of medicines ~ (19/3/2020)
- Victorians to be better protected by removing barriers to vaccination by pharmacists ~ (12/3/2020)
- Federal Government’s $17.6 billion stimulus package will assist Australians and support pharmacists during COVID-19 ~ (12/3/2020)
- Home medicines services and electronic prescriptions to support Australians during COVID-19 ~ (11/3/2020)
- Leading NSW pharmacists honoured ~ (6/3/2020)
- Government decision will protect more SA children from influenza ~ (6/3/2020)
- Pharmacists to boost influenza vaccination rates for children in NSW ~ (2/3/2020)
- Leading SA and NT pharmacists honoured ~ (2/3/2020)
February 2020
- Increased Home Medicine Review caps from March 2020 will help reduce the harm caused by medicines ~ (28/2/2020)
- Medicine safety in aged care is a game of Russian roulette ~ (26/2/2020)
- Queenslanders to access travel vaccinations from pharmacists ~ (24/2/2020)
- Innovative program improving health care across Barossa ~ (20/2/2020)
- Improving health outcomes for aged care residents in Strathalbyn ~ (20/2/2020)
- New program improving health care in Port Lincoln ~ (20/2/2020)
- Utilise pharmacist workforce to care for community ~ (19/2/2020)
- Utilise pharmacists to protect health of Queenslanders ~ (4/2/2020)
January 2020
- Team approach to patient care a win for all ~ (31/1/2020)
- Patients to benefit with funding to expand pharmacists role ~ (29/1/2020)
- QUT takes PSOTY Wildcard 2020 at NAPSA Congress ~ (28/1/2020)
- PSA congratulates pharmacists honoured on Australia Day ~ (27/1/2020)
- Importance of medicine safety in mental health care cannot be ignored ~ (23/1/2020)
- Utilise pharmacists to improve health care in NSW ~ (22/1/2020)
- South Australian government announces improved emergency access to medicines for people affected by bushfires ~ (14/1/2020)
- Australian’s affected by bushfires will be able to access their medicines in an emergency at PBS prices ~ (13/1/2020)
- ACT joins NSW and Victoria in improving access to medicines for people affected by bushfires ~ (10/1/2020)
- Victorian government acts to ensure people affected by bushfires can access essential medicines without a prescription ~ (9/1/2020)
- Landmark Special Authority for NSW Residents Affected by Bushfires to Access Essential Medicines Without a Prescription ~ (8/1/2020)
- Community pharmacists supporting smoke-affected Canberrans ~ (8/1/2020)
- Bushfire Support ~ (6/1/2020)
December 2019
- Budget boost could help save lives ~ (16/12/2019)
- Budget an opportunity to improve health care for Tasmanians ~ (13/12/2019)
- Health sector unites to turn the tide on medicine safety ~ (9/12/2019)
November 2019
- My Health Record a key to medicine safety ~ (27/11/2019)
- Investment in medicines safety in aged care welcomed by PSA ~ (25/11/2019)
- Leading local Victorian pharmacists honoured ~ (21/11/2019)
- ACT Budget an opportunity to improve health care for Canberrans ~ (19/11/2019)
- Better use of medicines has a role in mental health care ~ (4/11/2019)
- Medicine safety to be the 10th National Health Priority Area ~ (1/11/2019)
October 2019
- Time for action ~ (31/10/2019)
- Australian research confirms pharmacist-led medicine charting reduces duration of hospital stays ~ (25/10/2019)
- PSA welcomes regional pharmacist mental health training support for pharmacists and patients ~ (25/10/2019)
- Pharmacists monitoring medicine safety ~ (24/10/2019)
- Limited oversight of antimicrobial use in aged care puts all Australians at risk ~ (23/10/2019)
- Leading Queensland pharmacists honoured ~ (21/10/2019)
- Exceptional Tasmanian Pharmacists recognised ~ (21/10/2019)
- Pharmacist prescribing on the way ~ (16/10/2019)
- New Chief Executive Officer to lead PSA ~ (16/10/2019)
- Victorian adolescents able to access vaccination by pharmacists ~ (10/10/2019)
- More time on the ground for pharmacists in general practice and aged care ~ (4/10/2019)
- Preparing pharmacists to work in general practice ~ (2/10/2019)