discount pharmacies
Poll: Pay, quitting and recommending pharmacy
Would you recommend community pharmacy as a career… and are you thinking of quitting? Tell us in our latest poll This month the AJP reported on new data from the …
CWH the ‘worst offender’ on pay: union
The union for employee pharmacists says that Australian discount pharmacy chains are “cutting trained pharmacy staff wages to the bone” Professional Pharmacists Australia has revealed an insight into its Community …
Does the current pharmacy system reward low-value care?
Discount pharmacies are making a ‘mockery’ of the current remuneration arrangements, say leading pharmacists The Small Pharmacies Group (SPG) and Rural Pharmacy Network Australia (RPNA) have hit back at allegations …
Success of discounters ‘inevitable’ says former ACCC boss
A former ACCC head has called on Australians to contact pollies about relaxing location rules in the name of lower prices – a suggestion welcomed by Chemist Warehouse But the …
Pharmacy’s #10YearChallenge
Discounting domination, accelerated price disclosure, stagnation of pharmacist wages… what happened in the last decade in pharmacy, and will the next be brighter? In his 2019 Neil Naismith commemorative lecture …
Customers onto the ‘faux discounters,’ says Advantage CEO
Chemist Discount Centre has announced 60% growth, a national footprint expansion and an aggressive three-year growth strategy The announcement came following the opening of three new stores in Western Australia …
‘Ask me anything’
A community pharmacist has answered the public’s questions on a popular online forum, covering Chemist Warehouse, wages, homeopathy, codeine and more A pharmacist with five years’ experience under their belt …
CWH highlights ‘hefty margin’ charged by other pharmacies
Australians would shop in additional Chemist Warehouses “with glee” if the ownership rules were loosened, a News Corp article claims Writing in News Corp media, economist Jason Murphy has turned …
A point of difference
AJP chats with the Priceline Pharmacy corporate team about how the brand competes with discount chains and its renewed focus on professional services Interviewees: Tamalin Morton, Priceline Pharmacy General Manager …
New holistic big box emerges
Discount Drug Stores and two Cairns pharmacists have collaborated to develop a new big box pharmacy brand Wholehealth Discount Drug Store & Healthfoods focuses on delivering a holistic approach to …
Ownership rules review in WA
Concerns about corporate discount pharmacies have sparked a review into pharmacy ownership laws in Western Australia WA Health Minister Roger Cook has launched a review of pharmacy ownership, with public …
Why is trust in community pharmacy ebbing?
There’s a reason pharmacists dropped down the list of most-trusted professionals this year, say AJP readers Pharmacists have always ranked highly in terms of trust, coming towards the top of …