The Guild Dispensary

The Guild Pharmacy of the Year Award recognises pharmacies that are leading the way in providing innovative and optimal healthcare for members of their community.

This year's winner is none other than Capital Chemist Southlands, who took home the 'Excellence in Business Management’ category as well as the overall ‘Pharmacy of the Year’ award!

Praised for their excellent business strategy, leadership, and understanding of their community, Capital Chemist Southlands is a worthy winner of the award.

In this episode, we speak to Louise McLean, one of the owners of Capital Chemist Southlands, and we’ll hear a little about her Pharmacy of the Year experience, as well as some of the things they’ve done throughout the years that have led to their success.

The Guild Pharmacy of the Year award is proudly sponsored by Care Pharmaceuticals.

Services Wellbeing

We all know the last few years have been tough on pharmacists. From COVID-19 to bushfires and floods and financial uncertainties, there seems to always be something going on.

In this episode we will hear an interview with Kay Dunkley, Executive Officer at Pharmacists’ Support Service, and Curtis Ruhnau, the Pharmacists Support Service president, which took place at APP2024 with Australasian Pharmacy.

We’ll learn a little bit more about PSS, and why it is such a valuable service for pharmacists to have.

Community Rural

Close the Gap is an important awareness day that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between the indigenous and non-indigenous.

As a pharmacist and pharmacy owner, what role can you play in helping close this gap?

Today we speak to Georgina Twomey, the Managing Director at Alive Pharmacy Group and chair of Rural Pharmacists Australia.

Together, we’ll explore some important questions such as why the gap exists in the first place and how to manage cultural barriers or misconceptions, as well as what’s happening in rural pharmacies on a national scale.

Business Management Pharmacy Industry

As a business owner, you know that renewing a lease can be a crucial decision. Rent is the biggest expense for most pharmacies, so you want to make sure you get it right.

But how do you ensure you're getting the best deal? What factors should you consider when negotiating a lease? And how can you navigate the complexities of the rental landscape to secure a favorable agreement?

In this episode, we’ll be speaking with two experts who have contributed to the Guild’s Pharmacy Rental Report and who can help shed some light on the intricacies of the rental report.

Plus, we'll get an update on changes and impacts in regards to the Industrial Relations legislation.

Compilation

In 2023, we once again welcomed lots of fantastic guests onto the show who shared some amazing stories, experiences, insights, and advice.

With each show kicking off with a short snippet from a guest, an interesting part of the conversation to look forward to, we’ve once again gone back through the episodes and pulled out the question and full answer for you and created more ‘Best of’ episodes.

As such, you can expect two shows full of short and sharp advice from each of our amazing guests, as we look back at 22 shows, those being episodes 116 to 136.

In this Best of episode, the second of the two, we cover episodes 127 to 136.