Pharmacy passport plan
March 14, 2016
PHARMACIES can access a
new income stream in the form
of identity verification and future
passport processing, according to
Geoff Stockton, the founder of PRM
Group which launched PharmacyID
about twelve months ago.
Since then he has signed up about
1500 pharmacies and is preparing
a response to an expected passport
application tender which will be
issued by the government towards
the end of the year, according to
today’s Australian newspaper.
Stockton confirmed that he had
been approached by the Pharmacy
Guild about the passport tender
which could see pharmacies as an
alternative to Australia Post outlets
for passport interviews.
Currently PharmacyID offers
National Police History Checks,
with pharmacies paid $6 for each
approved identification, and an
estimated $25 for passports.
“We estimate that if 25% of
pharmacies in Australia join the
PharmacyID network we will have
a larger number of outlets than the
current provider,” the company said.
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