Guild Update – 21 June 16 : Political parties support community pharmacy
June 21, 2016
WITH less than two weeks until
the Federal election, the Guild is
pleased to have received letters
of support from the Liberals,
Nationals, the Australian Labor
Party, the Australian Greens and
the Nick Xenophon team. The
election letters can be accessed
on our advocacy page at
http://www.guild.org.au/theguild/
advocacy.
The Guild is keen to ensure that
its members, their staff and
patients are made fully aware
of the policies that could affect
their businesses, jobs and health.
It is clear there is strong cross party
support for community
pharmacy and enhancing its role
in the broader primary health
care system. The task after the
Federal election will be to turn
this into tangible outcomes
for community pharmacies,
pharmacists and patients.
All the election letters
acknowledge the importance
of the commitments to the $50
million Pharmacy Trial Program
and the $600 million in new and
enhanced funding for pharmacy
programs that were secured by
the Guild in the Sixth Community
Pharmacy Agreement.
There also continues to be
strong, cross-party support for
the community pharmacy model.
The Guild encourages pharmacy
owners, their staff and patients
to weigh up the pros and cons of
all the various policy alternatives
before they cast their votes.
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