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A New Year, A New Beginning
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Dear member,
The team at PharmaPlus and I, wish you, your pharmacy team and your family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and profitable New Year. The general election is now over, and we have a stability of sorts – but we know that Brexit is going to occur. Community pharmacy will, needless to say, be affected by this, and it could further influence the new
government's health policy going forward.
This year has been one of implementation of change, i.e. the predicted transformation in our industry is now actually taking place, and this will affect the way community pharmacy will be operating in the future. The road ahead, as Pharmaplus has been saying for quite some time, is one of providing PRIVATE clinical services. You have seen from your margins that dispensing and purchasing
have been eroded, and although it remains the most important aspect of your business, just relying on this alone will not make your pharmacy viable.
I want to thank all the members that attended our Seminars on 7th and 14th November. We had a turnout of over a 120 members at the two events.
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At the seminars, I introduced a model relating to an ‘integrated’ model of private services, each linked and complimenting the other. These were:
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1. The Patient Access App
a) Connect to your GP and 8.2 million users
b) Access medical content
c) Drive patients to your pharmacy services
and increase footfall
View presentations from the seminar here and click here for Patient Access website
| 2. The PharmaDoctor PGDs
a) Full range of PGDs
b) A range of FREE E-Tools - freeing up
your time spent on paperwork
c) Contact PharmaPlus for the deal sheet
View the presentation from the seminar here
and click here to visit Pharmadoctor website
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3. Private Walk In Clinic Service
a) Ability to diagnose and treat infections plus more
b) The service builds on the PharmaDoctor service above
c) Full training and support provided, including support by independent prescribers
Click here to view the presentation from the seminar and contact us for a deal sheet
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We want all PharmaPlus members to succeed in current and future climates, and for this to occur we need to start thinking differently. Our unique one to one support with compliance with the fundamentals of continued practice in community pharmacy, gives you the time to get on with the new services I have mentioned.
We have outlined below our vision for the future and how PharmaPlus will help you:
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- Keeping up with the upcoming deadlines
- PQS, CPCS, CPAF, engaging with your
PCNs
- Our one to one support
- A new staff training programme
- Introducing new income streams
- Marketing your pharmacy
| | - Clinical and business courses
- Regulatory and professional workshops
- Free flu vaccination training
- Subsidised training courses with our
education partners - Buttercups Training
and ECG Training
- Training courses by our suppliers
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The questions you need to ask yourself NOW are:
We have other novel services on the horizon that we have been working on behind the scenes, and these will be launched in due course.
Remember, we also provide a host of other services, including our monthly drug tendering service and save yourself a bundle by using the combined power of PharmPlus member pharmacies to negotiate better deals. Use our professional support services for compliance in regulatory and professional matters.
The work load is not going to decrease anytime soon, we have passionate workers here at the office who are a phone call away. You know our team, and they will help you in any way they can. Use us to help your business.
Best wishes for the New Year,
Hiten Patel
Managing Director
PharmaPlus
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