NSW parmacists to train staff and administer a wider range of vaccinations

By Steve Green
Updated January 3 2019 - 5:01pm, first published January 1 2019 - 3:00pm
CHANGES: Government changes apply only to children over 16-year-old. Those under the age of 16 will still have to be taken to a GP to receive their immunisation shots.
CHANGES: Government changes apply only to children over 16-year-old. Those under the age of 16 will still have to be taken to a GP to receive their immunisation shots.

With the NSW Government’s expansion of its pharmacist vaccination program on New Year’s Day, needles for diseases such as whooping cough and measles will be available at your local chemist shop or pharmacy by trained pharmacists, along with a range of other injections including diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (dTpa) to anyone over the age of 16. However, the change was not welcomed by the NSW Australian Medical Association president Dr Kean-Seng Lim who warned it could lead to further fragmentation of healthcare. 

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