We take a look at 12 key business-related findings and statistics from the 2016 UTS:Pharmacy Barometer
84% of pharmacists would prefer a change to a health destination service based model
35% said they were moving toward a discount-based model
21% of pharmacists said they had changed their business model in 2016
68% of pharmacists indicated they had experienced no change in their remuneration in the last year
40% of owners believe that the value of their pharmacies will remain the same over the next 12 months
20% of owners believed their pharmacies would increase in value over the next 3 years
27% of pharmacists felt less secure about the future of pharmacy one year after the 6CPA was signed
65% felt the same about the security of community pharmacy
16% of pharmacists said they were financially pessimistic in the 12 months since the 6 CPA was signed
59% said their pharmacies had started to implement new professional services in the previous year
80% of employed pharmacists said they were implementing new professional services
53% of owners/owner managers were implementing new professional services