Pharmacists to administer flu jabs under 5-point plan

PEOPLE will be able to get the flu vaccine from pharmacists after Health Minister James Reilly met with the pharmacy union to discuss the plan yesterday.

Pharmacists administering the flu jab was just one part of the Irish Pharmacy Union’s (IPU) five-point plan discussed with Dr Reilly yesterday.

Other aspects include access to high-quality generic medicines at lower prices; an “open door policy” to deliver better healthcare for patients who require access to chronic disease management; a medicines use review to enhance patient safety, deliver improved outcomes and reduce downstream healthcare costs through structured medi-cines use reviews; and a greater role in health promotion, including services on smoking cessation, weight management, and diabetes and cholesterol screening.