Pharmacists prescribe contraceptive pill to 1500 women across two state trials

NSW and Victorian pharmacists are also diagnosing and treating UTIs.

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. 

Another 37 women in the ACT, which is included in the NSW trial, received a pharmacy pill consult as of 29 January.