Emergency Locum Service Success
March 12, 2013
In remote Western Australia, a
community pharmacist was
suffering urgent health concerns.
With no one to run the pharmacy,
this might have left the community
without access to vital pharmacy
services.
The Emergency Locum Service
was able to quickly place a locum
pharmacist to continue operation
until the owner was able to return
to work.
During the New South Wales
floods of early 2012, many business
owners were unable to continue
operating due to the recovery work
that was required on their own
homes and properties.
With the assistance of the
Service, community pharmacies
were able to continue business
operations, providing pharmacy
services to their customers with
locum pharmacists.
These are just two of the many
examples of how the Service
assists pharmacies in rural and
remote areas.
In the past 12 months the Service
has allowed a number of
pharmacies in rural and remote
locations to continue operating
when otherwise they would have
had to close their doors.
It provides 24 hour a day, seven
day a week telephone access (1800
357 001) and aims to place a
pharmacy locum in any rural or
remote location in Australia within
24 hours of a request, for a
maximum of seven days.
The Emergency Locum Service is
managed by the Pharmacy Guild of
Australia, and assists with the cost
and logistics of supplying locums
to rural and remote pharmacies in
emergency circumstances.
This program is funded by the
Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing
as part of the Fifth Community
Pharmacy Agreement.
To access the Service or to find
out more about it, or if you wish to
register as an emergency locum,
please visit www.els.com.au
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