The Pharmacy Needle and Syringe Program Newsletter
To help participating pharmacies achieve best practice, we provide regular program updates in the form of a monthly eNewsletter.
If you have any questions about the information provided in the eNewsletters, or if you would like to register for the Pharmacy Needle and Syringe Program, contact the team at:
E: pnsp@qldguild.org.au | P: 07 3831 3788
Past Newsletters
NSP News: March 2024 Upcoming sharps orders, combatting syphilis, and more!
Features:
- Sharps orders in early April and over Easter
- Queensland s100 HIV Co-payment Program
- Australia’s Chief Medical Officer calls on health professionals to combat syphilis
NSP News: January 2024 Sharps kit disposal delays and more!
Features:
- Sharps disposal bin delays
- Sale of sharps for injectable medicines
- Make STI testing Your "Beforeplay" – Department of Health Campaign
- PEER Q-NECT: QuIVAA's new AOD peer support line
- MHPOD learning portal upgrade
NSP News: October 2023 Sharp Kits Reminder | QLD s100 HIV Patient Co-Payment Program | QPP Workshops
Features:
- Sharp Kits Reminder
- QLD s100 HIV Patient Co-Payment Program
- Queensland Positive People - Digital Literacy Workshops for People Living with HIV
NSP News: September 2023 Contents of Sharps Kits - Filters | Australia’s Annual Overdose Report | Take Home Naloxone (THN) Program Update | Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine Fact Sheet
Features:
- Contents of Sharps Kits - Filters
- Australia’s Annual Overdose Report
- Take Home Naloxone (THN) Program Update
- Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine Fact Sheet
NSP News: August 2023 International Overdose Awareness Day | Motivate C Project | Take Home Naloxone and Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine courses
Features:
- International Overdose Awareness Day
- Motivate C Project
- Take Home Naloxone training course
- Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine course
NSP News: July 2023 World Hepatitis Day is almost here! | Bin Collections
Features:
- World Hepatitis Day is almost here!
- What are the five things your pharmacy can do to support World Hepatitis Day?
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis B
- Bin Collections
NSP News: June 2023 Needle and Syringe Program Survey | Bin Collections in the New 23/24 Financial Year | Bin Information Reminder
Features:
- Needle and Syringe Program Annual Survey
- Bin Collections in the New 23/24 Financial Year
- Bin Information Reminder
- Updating Your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: May 2023 Needle and Syringe Program Annual Survey | Upcoming Training
Features:
- Needle and Syringe Program Annual Survey
- Upcoming Training
- Bin Collection
- Updating Your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: April 2023 Bin Information | Excess Sharps Stock | Boomerang Bags
Features:
- NSP bin terms and conditions recap
- Excess sharp stock
- Boomerang bag donations
NSP News: March 2023 Privately Funded Bin Collection | Harm Minimisation Education | Take Home Naloxone Program
Features:
- Bin program refresher
- ASHM's harm minimisation education
- Take Home Naloxone Program
NSP News: February 2023 QNSP Phone App Updates | HIV Self-Testing Kits | Harm Minimisation Education Opportunities | Monkeypox Alert | TRUE Sexual Health Clinic
Features:
- QNSP Mobile Phone App Updates
- HIV Self-Testing Kits
- Harm Minimisation Education Opportunities
- Monkeypox Alert
- TRUE Sexual Health Clinic
- Bin Collection
- Updating Your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: January 2023 Stigma & Discrimination in NSP Settings | Let's Treat Syphilis campaign | Take Home Naloxone Program | Bin Collection
Features:
- NSP Program
- Stigma & discrimination in NSP settings
- Let's Treat Syphilis campaign
- Take Home Naloxone Program
- Updating your pharmacy's details
NSP News: December 2022 2022 Summary | Give the gift of a healthy liver this Christmas | Lady Peeps | World AIDS Day
Features:
- 2022 Summary
- Give the Gift of a Healthy Liver this Christmas
- Lady Peeps Project by TRUE Australia
- World AIDS Day
- Updating your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: November 2022 Christmas closures | NSP Program update | Harm minimisation education opportunities | Take Home Naloxone Program
Features:
- Christmas closures
- Needle & Syringe Program Update
- Upcoming harm minimisation training and education opportunities
- Take Home Naloxone Program
- Updating your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: October 2022 Hepatitis C in NSP Settings | Don't Fool Around with Syphilis | Lady Peeps | Take Home Naloxone Program
Features:
- Hepatitis C in NSP Settings
- STI Campaigning
- Take Home Naloxone Program
- Bin Collections and Sharps Order Forms
- Updating your Pharmacy's Details
NSP News: September 2022 Harm reduction | Upcoming events | Take Home Naloxone | World Patient Safety Day | World Pharmacists Day
Features:
- Harm reduction
- Upcoming events
- Take Home Naloxone Program
- World patient safety day
- World Pharmacists Day
NSP News: August 2022 STI Campaigning | Take Home Naloxone | Harm Minimisation Workshop at Pharmacy Connect
Features:
- STI Campaigning
- The Take Home Naloxone Program
- Pharmacy Connect 2022 - Harm Minimisation Workshop
- Reminder: 120L bin collection caps and sharps order forms
- Updating your pharmacies details
NSP News: July 2022 World Hepatitis Day | Training and education opportunities for pharmacists | Reminder: New 120L bin collection caps and sharps order forms
Features:
- World Hepatitis Day
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis B
- World Hepatitis Day Events via ECCQ
- Training and education opportunities for pharmacists
- Reminder: New 120L bin collection caps and sharps order forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: June 2022 120L Bin Collection Caps | Who funds the NSP? | How can my patients dispose of their sharps waste now?
Features:
- 120L Bin Collection Caps
- Who funds the NSP?
- How can my patients dispose of their sharps waste now?
NSP News: May 2022 Sharps disposal bin collections have ceased until 30 June | Future of the PNSP | Annual Survey | Update your details
Features:
- Reminder: Sharps disposal bin collections have ceased until 30 June 2022.
- Why did the PNSP start?
- What's changed since the PNSP started?
- What is the future of the PNSP?
- We request more than two collections per year as our pharmacy receives a lot of sharps waste, what does this mean for our patients?
- What should we do with our vaccine waste?
- NSP Annual Survey
- Access past NSP Newsletters
- Updating your details
NSP News: March 2022 Sharps bin collections to decrease and/or cease, Commercial versus community-generated waste, Access past Newsletters
Features:
- Where does the funding come from for the Pharmacy Needle and Syringe Program?
- Reminder: Sharps disposal bin collections to cease for the rest of this financial year!
- Summary of options?
- Why doesn’t the Guild ask for more funding from Queensland Health?
- What do my community members do with their sharps?
- What do I do with my pharmacy sharps waste?
- Access past Newsletters
NSP News: February 2022 Sharps bin collections to decrease and/or cease, commercial versus community-generated waste, access past newsletters
Features:
- Sharps bin collections to decrease and/or cease
- What do my community members do with their sharps?
- What do I do with my pharmacy sharps waste?
- Commercial versus community-generated waste
- Access past Newsletters
NSP News: January 2022 Queensland Health Sharps Disposal Bins Warning, Delays to Sharps Orders and Bin Collections, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- Queensland Health Sharps Disposal Bins Warning
- Delays to Sharps Orders and Bin Collections
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: December 2021 Features: Thank you and Merry Christmas!, Rapid HIV Testing Program, 2021 Summary, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- Thank you and Merry Christmas!
- Rapid HIV Testing Program
- 2021 Summary
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: November 2021 Features: Collecting community generated sharps waste, Harm minimisation - patient referral, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- Collecting community generated sharps waste
- Harm minimisation - patient referral
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: October 2021 Features: AOD resource finder - alcohol and other drug agencies, NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste, Harm minimisation - drug use and pregnancy, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- AOD resource finder - alcohol and other drug agencies
- NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste
- Harm minimisation - drug use and pregnancy
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: September 2021 Features: Program T&Cs - ordering and selling sharps kits, Harm minimisation - providing sterile injecting equipment, NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste, Sharps ordering and collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- Program T&Cs - ordering and selling sharps kits
- Harm minimisation - providing sterile injecting equipment
- NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste
- Sharps ordering and collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: August 2021 Features: NSP Survey: we want your opinion, Wear it purple day - gender diversity, NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste, Harm minimisation - is Syphilis on your radar? Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms, Updating your details
Features:
- NSP Survey: we want your opinion!
- Wear it purple day - gender diversity
- NSP bins - not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste
- Harm minimisation - is Syphilis on your radar?
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
- Updating your details
NSP News: July 2021 Features: NSP Survey: We want your opinion, 'Get Smart' about liver health this July, NSP sharps bins: not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste, Harm minimisation: educating your community, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
Features:
- NSP Survey: We want your opinion!
- 'Get Smart' about liver health this July
- NSP sharps bins: not for COVID-19 or Flu vaccination waste
- Harm minimisation: educating your community
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
NSP News: June 2021 Features: 'Get Smart' about your liver, Enhancing harm reduction services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Can your vaccination sharps waste go into the NSP bin? Harm minimisation - it's broader than BBV, ASHM invites community pharmacists in QLD to attend online training in Viral Hepatitis Medications
Features:
- 'Get Smart' about your liver
- Enhancing harm reduction services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Can your vaccination sharps waste go into the NSP bin?
- Harm minimisation - it's broader than BBV
- ASHM invites community pharmacists in QLD to attend online training in Viral Hepatitis Medications
NSP News: May 2021 Features: FREE training - dispensing HIV & Viral Hepatitis Medications: An update for community pharmacists, Health and safety reminder, Are you meeting all Needle & Syringe Program conditions, Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
Features:
- FREE training - dispensing HIV & Viral Hepatitis Medications: An update for community pharmacists
- Health and safety reminder
- Are you meeting all Needle & Syringe Program conditions
- Sharps ordering and bin collection request forms
Page last updated on: 02 May 2024