Best care for Aboriginal people

SA Pharmacy is committed to driving system level reform to Close the Gap in health inequity for Aboriginal people.

To support this, SA Pharmacy has developed its inaugural Aboriginal Health Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027+ which provides clear vision of Best care for Aboriginal people accessing SA Pharmacy services through Quality Use of Medicines.

SA Pharmacy Aboriginal artwork, by Jordan Lovegrove, Ngarrindjeri Man, depicts SA Pharmacy’s relationship with South Australian Hospitals, the many Out-of-Hospital services provided, and our commitment to closing the gap. SA Pharmacy is represented by the large central meeting place, and the 16 South Australian metropolitan and rural public hospitals by the smaller meeting places. The provision of pharmacy services to these hospitals is shown by the pathways leading between them.

SA Health Closing the Gap Medicines Access Program

SA Pharmacy is committed to Closing the Gap on health outcomes for Aboriginal people and helps Aboriginal people with the cost of medicines when being discharged from hospital or attending an outpatient clinic at SA public hospitals through the SA Health Closing the Gap Medicines Access Program.

In 2021, SA Pharmacy won the SA Health Award – Excellence and Innovation in Aboriginal Health for the SA Health Closing the Gap Medicines Access Program.

See Closing the Gap Medicines Access Program for more information.

Acknowledgement of Country

SA Pharmacy acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, waters and community. We recognise the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ vast knowledge in native plants and their uses, and that Culture and Country provide medicines and healing. They were our first pharmacists. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal people today.

Further information

For more information, please call SA Pharmacy (08) 8226 7114 or email HealthSAPharmacy@sa.gov.au.

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Last updated: 14 Apr 2023

Best care for Aboriginal people

SA Health Closing the Gap Medicines Access Program

Acknowledgement of Country

Further information

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