Pharmacists prescribe contraceptive pill to 1500 women across two state trials

Pharmacists in NSW and Victoria have supplied the contraceptive pill to more than 1500 women as part of state-based pharmacy prescribing trials.
More than 800 Victorian women saw a pharmacist for a pill script between October 2023 and mid-January of this year.
In NSW, almost 700 pharmacy contraceptive pill consults took place between September and mid-January.Â
Another 37 women in the ACT, which is included in the NSW trial, received a pharmacy pill consult as of 29 January.