“A not essential to facilitate access to the vaccination and improve the prevention“, welcomed the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau. THE pharmacists now have the right to prescribe And administer vaccines in pharmacies, notes the site Administrative procedures.
Publication this morning in the Official Journal of decrees expanding the vaccination skills of pharmacists, nurses and midwives. An essential step to facilitate access to vaccination and improve prevention. thanks to @FrcsBraun to have carried this evolution. pic.twitter.com/ZajS1Afgy8
— Aurelien Rousseau (@aur_rousseau) August 10, 2023
Since the publication of the ministerial decree in the Official Journal of August 9, these health professionals are authorized to prescribe and administer the mandatory vaccines Or recommended for people aged 11 and over.
Mandatory training
Decree No. 2023-736 of August 8, 2023 “relating to the vaccination skills of nurses, community pharmacists, nurses and pharmacists working in pharmacies for internal use, health professionals working in medical biology laboratories and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical studies”however requires them to follow a mandatory prior training.
of a total duration of 10h30 for those trained in the administration of vaccines against Covid-19 and against influenza and for those who have followed lessons relating to vaccination during their course, it is 5:30 p.m. for others.
“This evolution (…) positions us as a a major player in our country’s vaccination policy“greeted on X (formerly Twitter), the Union of Community Pharmacists (USPO).
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— USPO – Community Pharmacists (@USPO_Pharmacies) August 9, 2023
Flu, Covid-19, chickenpox…
There list of vaccines which can now be prescribed and administered by pharmacists is quite comprehensive. These are vaccines against:
- influenza,
- Covid-19,
- chickenpox,
- human papillomavirus infections,
- measles,
- whooping cough,
- pneumococcus,
- hepatitis B,
- yellow fever,
- meningococcal C,
- mumps,
- tetanus,
- diphtheria,
- Haemophilus influenzae b infection,
- rubella,
- poliomyelitis.
If you have a prescription from your doctor, or the vaccine does not require one, it will cost you €7.50.
If the pharmacist prescribes and administers the serum himself, the bill will be in this case at 9.60 euros.
Note that health insurance and complementary health insurance can cover all or part of these costs.