A SMALL South Australian rural town pharmacy, Waikerie Pharmacy, has focused on implementing a wide range of high-quality professional services and has refurbished the store to accommodate the delivery of these services earning it a finalist position in the Guild Pharmacy of the Year.
Managing partner Nathan Lloyd said that while striving to offer high-quality health services, Waikerie Pharmacy management understood that cross-funding these services from dispensary income was no longer viable.
"With the pharmacy's declining dispensary profits due to PBS reform, the need to establish 'user-pay' health services was identified," Lloyd said.
"The services that have been implemented and refined in store include cardiovascular health screening, diabetes risk screening, cardiovascular monitoring, diabetes disease state management and a baby progress clinic.
"We also developed a Quit Smoking member program and a Health Check service which includes a bowel screen initiative."
The local community willingly accepted the user-pay services, some of which are conducted by a registered nurse.
Pictured left to right are proud partners of Waikerie Pharmacy Nathan Lloyd and Travis Schiller.
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