Pharmacy Programs Administrator News Today

The Department of Health and Aged Care is clarifying claims entitlements for pharmacies participating in the Take Home Naloxone (THN) scheme

Pharmacy Programs Administrator updates Take Home Naloxone (THN) claim forms to cover Nyxoid (UK) 

Tens of thousands of Moderna vaccine doses are due to expire within weeks as less than half of Australia’s supplies have been used.

Tens of thousands of Moderna vaccine doses are due to expire within weeks as less than half of Australia’s supplies have been used.

Tens of thousands of Moderna vaccine doses are due to expire within weeks as less than half of Australia’s supplies have been used.

Tens of thousands of Moderna vaccine doses are due to expire within weeks as less than half of Australia’s supplies have been used.

The rollout of third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to thousands of immunocompromised people has been limited by confusion about payment for pharmacists, who were only just given the green light to administer the jab a week after the extra shots were announced.

By Oliver Lees Pharmacies across Sunbury are ready and waiting for federal government approval to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, as new research indicates stocking pharmacies is the key to quickening the roll-out. As Victoria and other states find themselves in yet another lockdown, the nation’s vaccination campaign has been brought under the microscope. Since the campaign was launched on February 22, 13 per cent of Australia’s eligible population (over the age of 16) has been fully va...

The NSW’s Government’s plan to rollout mass vaccination sites makes no sense. Community pharmacies are expected to come onboard to provide COVID-19 vaccination as part of Phase 2a commencing in June. There are over 5,900 community pharmacies across Australia and in capital cities 97 per cent of Australians are within 2.5km of their local pharmacy. Outside of capital cities, 66 per cent are within 2.5km of their local pharmacy, making community pharmacies the most accessible healthcare provi...

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is calling on pharmacies in regional, rural and remote areas to check their eligibility following changes to the Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance to the new Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA). The Federal Government yesterday announced that as of 1 January 2021, RPMA eligibility and payment values will no longer be based upon the Pharmacy Access/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA) categories and will ...