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The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) strongly refutes claims in mainstream media this week that pharmacists have been delivering ‘weaker’ flu jabs to patients. PSA National President, Associate Professor Chris Freeman, stated that these claims are not only false, but may be dangerous and are designed to undermine a safe and trusted vaccine. “Media claims are simply incorrect. There is no ‘weaker’ vaccine. At a time when we are dealing w...

Date Time Seven’s coverage of Western Australia’s vaccine report was simply inaccurate The Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA Branch calls on Channel Seven Perth to correct misleading information it aired yesterday, regarding community pharmacies and the National Immunisation Program (the NIP). Channel Seven Perth reported that pharmacies were delivering “weaker” flu vaccines to elderly patients however this was apparently based on one South Australian GPs sample of five people. Unlike in W...

“We certainly can’t turn a blind eye to influenza this year.”

Health by Sue Dunlevy Premium Content   Exclusive: Chemists are giving elderly Australians the wrong flu vaccine, one that wont work as effectively, instead of referring them to their GP for a stronger version. A war has broken out between chemists and doctors over the issue. Adelaide GP Dr Pam Rachootin raised the alarm after noticing many of her patients were refusing her offer of a free flu shot because they had already had it at their chemist. "Of cou...

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Older and vulnerable people in NSW will soon be able to access their seasonal influenza vaccines by visiting their local pharmacy, thanks to a commitment from the NSW Health Minister in response to a pre-budget submission by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). The NSW Health Minister has committed to the PSA that eligible people in NSW will soon be able to access the seasonal influenza vaccine. This may be facilitated under the National Immunisatio...

How and when to get vaccinated this flu season, as Warwick GPs warn against complacency.

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine program in Victoria and Yarra Ranges Victoria has a number of sites and outreach models for its vaccine delivery which include high volume centres, hospital vaccination hubs, sub hubs, outreach delivery services and community vaccination centres. Yarra Ranges currently has a number of local GP clinics located within the municipality offering the vaccination service. A larger community vaccination centre will also be established in Lilydale which will be avail...

ATAGI have told the Prime Minister to pull back on the AstraZeneca vaccine for under 50s and use Pfizer, but who are they? Posted 3 AprApril 2021 at 12:37pm Australia is now going with the Pfizer vaccine for under-50s based on the recommendation from ATAGI. ( Print text only Cancel On Thursday evening, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Secretary Brendan Murphy announced that Australia was diverging from its plan to use the AstraZeneca vaccine for the bulk of the population. In doing so ...

Many clinics signed up expecting to receive hundreds of doses a week and spent money installing expensive vaccine fridges to store them. But some have received as few as 50 doses. Other GPs report shipments arriving late or inconsistently. “General practice does an extraordinary job of dealing with uncertainty. But it feels as though we have been set up to fail,” said Associate Professor Jared Dart, a Queensland GP and director of the Australian General Practice Alliance. Dr Dart told...

Australia received its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines on 15 February , and has begun the mammoth task of immunising every willing adult in the country. However the vaccine rollout has already fallen behind goals the government set itself, with just over 105,000 doses administered as of 10 March – tens of thousands of doses short of even the more modest benchmarks set. It is the largest single vaccination program in Australia’s history and...