Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2016
Political parties commit support for community pharmacy model
17 June 2016 - With 17 days until the Federal election, the pharmacy and broader health policies of the political parties are becoming clearer.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australua has received election letters from the Liberals, Nationals, the Australian Labor Party, the Australian Greens and the Nick Xenophon team. The election letters can be accessed on the on our Advocacy page.
The Guild is keen to ensure that its members, their staff and patients are made fully aware of the policies that could affect their businesses, jobs and health.
It is clear there is strong cross-party support for community pharmacy and enhancing its role in the broader primary health care system. The task after the Federal election will be to turn this into tangible outcomes for community pharmacies, pharmacists and patients.
All the election letters acknowledge the importance of the commitments to the $50 million Pharmacy Trial Program and the $600 million in new and enhanced funding for pharmacy programs that were secured by the Guild in the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement.
