Guild at the grass roots
December 13, 2013
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is
establishing a grassroots advocacy
network of “community pharmacy
champions,” as part of its ongoing
push to maintain awareness of the
issues facing Australian pharmacies.
Writing in the latest issue of the
Guild’s Forefront newsletter, Quilty
stressed that the Guild’s political
influence doesn’t come from
“strutting the corridors of power in
Canberra.”
“It stems from the high levels
of public esteem in which local
pharmacy small businesses and
their committed staff are held by
their patients,” he said.
The community pharmacy
champions will be tasked with
identifying opportunities to
showcase the profession, with
logistical support and briefing
materials provided by the Guild’s
eight State and Territory branches.
Quilty said that while Guild
leaders will continue to proactively
pursue pharmacy interests,
success is “hugely dependent”
on the community ground-swell
of opinion, its influence on
local politicians and individual
pharmacist relations with politicians.
Pharmacists wanting to join the
grassroots network can CLICK HERE.
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