The discount, or warehouse, pharmacy model may not be pretty to some eyes, but it continues to grow.
And while a sector of the public embraces it, a recent poll on AusPharm put it as the number one threat to the profession -- twice as high as failure to comply with QCPP. The old 'Colesworth' bogeyman of five or six years ago, now barely rates a mention.
So is pharmacy's biggest threat now the enemy within?
The most visible, and perhaps infamous, of the discount pharmacies is Chemist Warehouse. It now has 130-plus stores throughout Australia, 6000 staff and has given the market a huge shake.
The purist argument is that the warehouse model is incompatible with quality use of...
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