Media releases

As the peak national body for pharmacists, PSA is committed to providing up-to-date and relevant information to media relating to pharmacists, pharmacy, Quality Use of Medicines and healthcare in Australia.

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• Pharmacists poised to receive massive respiratory care boost ~ (17/11/2021)
• The Respiratory Pharmacy Task Force: Key Objectives ~ (16/11/2021)
• 2 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered by pharmacists! ~ (12/11/2021)
• PSA welcomes the Queensland Government’s decision to expand vaccine mandate ~ (12/11/2021)
• Submission: National Medicines Policy Review ~ (11/11/2021)
• Communique: 43rd Meeting of the Australian Pharmacy Leaders Forum Wednesday, 4 August 2021 ~ (5/11/2021)
• PSA Queensland Branch recognises outstanding achievement ~ (4/11/2021)
• PSA achieves equal gender representation milestone! ~ (1/11/2021)

• PSA welcomes extension to continued dispensing arrangements but permanency needed ~ (29/10/2021)
• Pfizer to be available from community pharmacies within weeks, as booster announcement welcomed by PSA ~ (27/10/2021)
• Antigen testing still prohibited in South Australia ~ (27/10/2021)
• WA legislative barriers blocking rapid antigen testing use must be removed ~ (27/10/2021)
• Medicine supply to Australian communities in jeopardy if antigen testing is not provided to pharmacies ~ (26/10/2021)
• Increase access to oral contraception by letting pharmacist do their jobs ~ (19/10/2021)
• PSA welcomes WA vaccine mandate for health workers ~ (11/10/2021)
• UPDATE: Setting the standard for safety and quality across primary care: PSA welcomes release of National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards ~ (11/10/2021)
• PSA welcomes the ACT’s commitment to pill testing ~ (8/10/2021)
• 1 million COVID-19 jabs administered by pharmacists! ~ (7/10/2021)
• Victorian antigen tests welcomed by PSA – more needed ~ (7/10/2021)
• PSA welcomes mandatory vaccination of Victorian health workers ~ (1/10/2021)
• PSA releases Guidelines for Pharmacists Providing Smoking Cessation Support ~ (1/10/2021)

• World Pharmacists Day – Pharmacists: Always trusted for your health ~ (25/9/2021)
• Victorian pharmacists recognised for a lifetime of service and legacy of achievement ~ (24/9/2021)
• Merimbula pharmacist awarded Pharmacist of the Year! ~ (24/9/2021)
• Tasmanian pharmacist awarded Early Career Pharmacist of the Year ~ (24/9/2021)
• Canberra Intern Pharmacist, Erin Cooper, named MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year! ~ (24/9/2021)
• Rapid Antigen Testing needed to keep ACT pharmacy doors open ~ (23/9/2021)
• Join us tomorrow afternoon for the PSA 2021 Excellence Awards ~ (23/9/2021)
• World Pharmacists Day is fast approaching ~ (20/9/2021)
• PSA welcomes first pharmacist-led vaccine pharmacovigilance system ~ (17/9/2021)
• Tasmanian Branch welcomes new leadership ~ (16/9/2021)
• PSA CSI Week: The Respiratory Care CSI ~ (15/9/2021)
• PSA CSI Week: The Interdisciplinary Team-based Care CSI ~ (14/9/2021)
• TAS pharmacists ready to immunise +12 years against COVID-19 ~ (13/9/2021)
• Pharmacist-administered COVID-19 vaccinations surge, reaching 500k ~ (13/9/2021)
• PSA CSI Week: The Contemporary Community Pharmacy Practice Forum ~ (13/9/2021)
• QLD pharmacists ready to immunise +12 years against COVID-19 ~ (10/9/2021)
• R U OK? Day: Ask your pharmacist if they’re ok ~ (9/9/2021)
• Time to remove NIP influenza barriers in QLD ~ (8/9/2021)
• Rapid Antigen Testing needed to keep pharmacy doors open ~ (8/9/2021)
• States must remove barriers to allow Pharmacists to administer Moderna to adolescents ~ (6/9/2021)

• International Overdose Awareness Day: Time to act. ~ (31/8/2021)
• ‘Healthcare doesn’t just happen in hospitals’; PSA calls for NSW’s mandatory vaccination health orders to be expanded to all health staff ~ (27/8/2021)
• PSA announces new Early Career Pharmacists directorship ~ (23/8/2021)
• PSA remembers the late Professor Andrew Gilbert AM ~ (23/8/2021)
• PSA welcomes Roadmap to improve the health of the intellectually disabled ~ (18/8/2021)
• Pharmacists quickly reach 100k rollout milestone ~ (17/8/2021)
• PSA welcomes new WA Branch President ~ (11/8/2021)
• Pharmacists to administer first doses of Moderna ~ (9/8/2021)
• PSA launches Residential Aged Care Pharmacist: Foundation Training Program ~ (9/8/2021)

• PSA21VIRTUAL: QUT take out PSOTY honours ~ (31/7/2021)
• Transcript: National President’s Address at PSA21VIRTUAL ~ (30/7/2021)
• PSA21VIRTUAL: PSA announces Communities of Specialty Interest ~ (30/7/2021)
• PSA21VIRTUAL: Tackling the opioid dilemma ~ (30/7/2021)
• PSA21VIRTUAL: PSA welcomes appointments to National Medicines Policy Review Committee ~ (30/7/2021)
• PSA supports the WHO’s 2030 hepatitis target ~ (28/7/2021)
• PSA21VIRTUAL: Not your ordinary Zoom! ~ (28/7/2021)
• Pharmacists empowering consumers to care for themselves ~ (24/7/2021)
• More pharmacists to join the COVID-19 vaccine rollout nationwide. ~ (22/7/2021)
• Pharmacists administer 1M flu vaccines! ~ (22/7/2021)
• Excitement ahead of PSA21VIRTUAL! ~ (21/7/2021)
• Selected NSW pharmacies have started vaccinating against COVID-19! ~ (19/7/2021)
• Local pharmacists kick off in regional Victoria ~ (19/7/2021)
• Local pharmacists rolling out in regional SA ~ (19/7/2021)
• Breakthrough in NSW with pharmacists to help vaccinate! ~ (12/7/2021)
• From Broome to Boyup Brook, local pharmacists in rural WA vaccinating from today ~ (12/7/2021)
• NSW Cannot Open Until Pharmacists Can Vaccinate ~ (8/7/2021)
• Pharmacists are the solution to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout! ~ (8/7/2021)
• It’s a start, but simply not enough ~ (2/7/2021)

• This is not a turf war – this is a pandemic. It is time to unite our full vaccinator workforce. ~ (30/6/2021)
• PSOTY award finalists announced ~ (30/6/2021)
• Medicine safety experts lay out the path to reducing harm caused by medicines in Australia ~ (28/6/2021)
• PSA welcomes new Minister for Regional Health ~ (27/6/2021)
• Palmer’s junk mail belongs in the bin ~ (24/6/2021)
• NSW budget commits to improving safer, more supportive care ~ (23/6/2021)
• NIP expansion to be considered in SA ~ (20/6/2021)
• South Australian community pharmacists to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ~ (17/6/2021)
• Expanding access to oral contraceptives does not pose risk to patient safety ~ (16/6/2021)
• Pharmacists recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours ~ (14/6/2021)
• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Expansion of Tasmanian pharmacist vaccination services ~ (12/9/2019)
• New eLearning modules outlining the therapeutic goods regulatory framework and advertising requirements ~ (2/9/2019)