Letter to the Editor
August 11, 2014
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s
suggestion of a paid, pharmacy-led,
personalised medication concierge
service for older Australians (PD 07
Aug) has prompted this response:
“A community pharmacy would
take responsibility for an elderly
patient’s medicine requirements
including dose administration aids,
home deliveries and the taking and
monitoring of vital signs, as well
as liaising with GPs, carers and
relatives, he said.”
Well, that’s what we’ve been
doing for many years in our country
town, and I don’t doubt most rural
pharmacies would say the same.
Furthermore, apart from a charge
for packing DAAs, we don’t charge
for any of these services.
- Mulhall & Close Narrandera
Pharmacy staff
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