Blooms disability support
July 15, 2015
Blooms The Chemist yesterday
launched a major new partnership
with House With No Steps, with
the organisations joining forces to
boost support for people living with
a disability along with their families
and carers.
Blooms The Chemist gm of
operations, Jason Blanchard,
said the “mutually beneficial
community-focused partnership
will enhance the overall health,
wellbeing and quality of life of
Australians living with a disability”.
Under the alliance Blooms The
Chemist will be the “First Call
Pharmacy Professionals” for
members of the community living
with a disability requiring pharmacy
services and support on an ongoing
basis, Blanchard said.
Pharamcists and staff in all 87
Blooms The Chemist outlets will
offer dedicated service as well as
a range of in-store HealthChecks
such as sleep apnoea, cholesterol,
blood pressure and stroke risk
assessments & diabetes monitoring.
They will also offer free Dose
Administration Aids and delivery of
medications where possible.
House With No Steps md Andrew
Richardson said the partnership
would help the organisation
strengthen its support for several
thousand people across NSW, Qld
and the ACT.
“It’s about thinking differently and
stepping outside our traditional
comfort zone, to the benefit of
those whom we support,” he said.
20% of Australians identify as
having some sort of disability,
and a significant proportion of
those require ongoing access to
medicines.
Pictured above celebrating the
partnership are, back row from left:
Jason Blanchard, Blooms; Richard
Cabarita, House With No Steps ;
and Kurt Smith, Blooms.
Front row: House With No Steps
ceo Lyn Ainsworth and Blooms The
Chemist ceo Phil Smith.
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