Business and Industry Insights

Calculators

A range of calculators and tools to ensure that your business is viable. Understand the impact of the 7CPA agreement, determine professional services revenue and costs, and discover new market opportunities.

7CPA Calculator

7CPA Calculator

Calculate your forecasted remuneration under the 7CPA agreement based on prescriptions and professional services fulfilled.

Professional Services Viability

Professional Services Viability

Determine your service fees based on your costs, ideal profit margins, and competitive environment.

Stock Security Price Changes Calculator

Stock Security Price Changes Calculator

Calculate the impact of ex-manufacturer price changes to low-cost PBS medicines.

PBS Remuneration

Details on the government's latest PBS remuneration prices.

Latest PBS Price Changes

The Guild provides information on remuneration and upcoming price changes and PBS Schedule variations to assist members to monitor and plan from a business perspective

S100 Programmes

S100 Programmes

Details of alternative PBS remuneration for S100 medicines.

Includes S100 Highly Specialised Drugs Co-payment Program Portal for NSW pharmacies.

Survey Approvals

  • #587 - Gold Cross Products & Services

    Ongoing | Online | National

  • #833 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia

    Ongoing | Email | National

  • #887 - Monash University

    Ongoing | Online | National

Latest Survey Reports

  • #880 - National Australia Bank

    Survey conducted by Gundabluey Research

  • #882 - Australian Government Department of Health

    Survey conducted by National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

  • #893 - Australian Government Department of Health

    Survey conducted by Ernst & Young

Reports

Download the latest reports from the Guild.

  • Framework for Change
  • Guild Digest
  • Rental
  • Script Volume
  • State of Industry

Framework for Change

The Guild Framework for Change (formerly CP2025) enables the Guild to develop a vision to enable community pharmacies to have a viable, longer-term future as an integral part of the Australian health care system serving the needs of increasingly empowered health consumers.

Latest Framework for Change

More Framework for Change

Guild Digest

The Guild Digest presents a snapshot of pharmacy operations in Australia for the preceding financial year.

Latest Guild Digest

More Guild Digest

Rental

The Pharmacy Rental Report is a guide to the commercial landscape currently facing community pharmacy in relation to leasing and landlord relationships

Latest Pharmacy Rental Report

More Pharmacy Rental Report

Script Volume

The Script Volume Monitoring Report measures PBS volume at an industry level, as published by the Department of Health on a monthly basis. The report shows trends in annual rolling volume for items dispensed by co-payment status

Latest Script Volume Monitoring Reports

More Script Volume Monitoring Report

State of Industry

It presents information on trends in dispensary volumes and demographics, industry wide revenue, employment, pharmacy clinical services, special dispensing circumstances and a number of business indicators.

Latest State of the Industry Reports

More State of the Industry Report

Workforce Capability Project

The Guild is undertaking a Workforce Capability Project to understand the workforce capability, capacity and employability needs within and for pharmacy.

The project will assist advocacy and strategic decision making relating to primary healthcare within pharmacy now and into the future.

Download Executive Summary

Data Driven Insights 2022

The changing role of Australian community pharmacies on the healthcare frontline.

Community pharmacies are a vital  pillar of our national healthcare system and their role has taken on a new meaning since the pandemic swept across the nation.

This report draws on data from Westpac and The Pharmacy Guild of Australia to identify some of the key changes in consumer behaviour over the past three years.

The report shows how the pandemic has impacted consumer spending habits in community pharmacies. And, with the help of experts, it explores which consumer behaviours are likely to continue into the future.

See Report

Latest News

Member survey – Opioid Dependence Treatment Program

Guild Alert

06 June 2023

The Federal Government is currently introducing changes to the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program from 1 July.

The 2023 Guild Digest survey has been extended

Guild Alert

19 May 2023

The closing date for the 2023 Guild Digest survey has been extended until June 30.

Millions of patients will lose

Forefront

10 May 2023

Millions of Australians who visit their local pharmacy every week could soon be worse off following confirmation...

Member webinar – Privacy 101 Security and Access to the My Health Record

Guild Alert

19 April 2023

Under the My Health Records Act 2012, community pharmacies are authorised to view and upload information to the My Health...

Guild Workforce Survey needs YOU

Forefront

12 April 2023

One of the key issues in planning for the future is to ensure the pharmacy workforce meets the...

New report on trends driving change in healthcare

Guild Alert

30 March 2023

A new report on the role of community pharmacy in the lives of Australians has been released. The Guild partnered with...

The 2023 Guild Digest survey is now open

Guild Alert

10 March 2023

The 2023 Guild Digest survey is now open and all members are encouraged to participate.

Rental report now available

Forefront

08 March 2023

The 2023 Pharmacy Rental Report is out now for Guild members on the Guild’s own website.

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As a member of the Guild, you not only gain access to important benefits and services from the industry experts, you’re also helping to maintain the future of community pharmacy in Australia.

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