THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has published a new information sheet, summarising "vital facts on community pharmacy" collated from a range of official sources.
The simple summary highlights that "Australia's system of community pharmacy and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are recognised as world-leading".
Key figures include the total number of community pharmacies in Australia as at 14 Aug 2018 (5,665), and the fact that on average every person visits a community pharmacy 18 times each year in metropolitan, rural and remote locations.
There are more than 440 million individual patient visits each year; 94% of pharmacies nationwide have achieved quality accreditation and 99% of dispensed PBS scripts are now claimed electronically.
Last year pharmacists in Australia recorded over 4 million clinical interventions, while the Guild estimates the government will save $20 billion through PBS Reforms during the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement.
Other figures included cover dose administration aids, pharmacy employment and vaccine administration - see guild.org.au.
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