27,560 pharmacists
March 4, 2014
The Pharmacy Board of Australia
(PBA) said there are now 27,560
registered pharmacists, as of
December.
The PBA published its quarterly
snapshot of Australia’s pharmacy
workforce, with the December 2013
profile showing there had been an
increase of 221 practitioners since
June 2013, up 64 from the last
update in October.
Of the nearly 30,000 registered
pharmacists, 24,867 had general
registration, 1,763 had provisional
registration, 917 pharmacists were
non-practising and 13 had some
form of limited registration, the
PBA said.
New South Wales was the
state with the most registered
pharmacists at 30.58% or 8,428,
followed by Victoria at 24.98% or
6,884.
The majority of registered
pharmacists are aged 25 to 29 years
old, at 21.93% or 6043, followed by
30 to 34 at 19.11% or 5,267.
The majority of pharmacists were
female, at about 60% or 16,554, the
PBA said.
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