Community Pharmacy
April 2, 2012
Pharmacy as we know and love it
is a vital cog in the wheel of the
good health of our nation.
Strong relationships between a
pharmacist and the local
community underpin success and
lead to improved health outcomes.
Community pharmacy is a relatively
high cost model built on skinny
margins and subsidised dispensary
dealings, and changes to the PBS now
serve to compound the challenges.
Yet the valuable health solutions
community pharmacy provides are
worth fighting for, and as an
industry we all have a role to play in
ensuring its growth.
To this end, we are set to unveil
our new Neighbourhood format –
an incentivised alternative entry
point to the Terry White Chemists
brand for smaller pharmacies.
It follows the successful completion
of twelve months trade by our trial
store which doubled its sales during
that period.
The Neighbourhood format
emphasises strong local ties, allows
pharmacies to tailor their offer to
suit their own community, upholds
community pharmacy values and
promotes health as a priority.
If the industry can deliver enhanced
opportunities for small community
chemists we all stand to gain.
By improving much-needed access
to high quality advice and services we
ensure the wheels of pharmacy
continue to turn in a way which
promotes the good health of our nation.
This week’s contributor is
Anthony White, CEO of Terry
White Chemists
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