Garpal Gumnut
Ross Island Hotel
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My guess is that WOW and WES will now push to have the ragtag mob that are "Community Pharmacists" aka The Pharmacy Guild in house in Woolies, Kmart + or - Coles. OR they may decide if the government permits them to have their own pharmacists in house.
The Pharmacy Guild don't like Chemist Warehouse and were dealt a surprising blow recently when the ALP allowed patients to get 2 mo. of medicines instead of one. Many in the Lib/Nats voted for it as well. Speaking to some high up in both sides of politics the Pharmacy Guild are on the nose as they have held the power to keep their industry as a closed shop and they have been a thorn in the side of both parties.
So both parties will let the Pharmacy Guild and your local pharmacist swing in the breeze.
Time was that a butcher never was seen in a supermarket, so pharmacists in Woolies is not all that a leap. I won't see it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see day surgery and cataracts being done down near the bakery section one day.
Also, I would not be surprised to see Sigma/Chemist W move in to other retail and medical centres.
Interesting times.
gg
The Pharmacy Guild don't like Chemist Warehouse and were dealt a surprising blow recently when the ALP allowed patients to get 2 mo. of medicines instead of one. Many in the Lib/Nats voted for it as well. Speaking to some high up in both sides of politics the Pharmacy Guild are on the nose as they have held the power to keep their industry as a closed shop and they have been a thorn in the side of both parties.
So both parties will let the Pharmacy Guild and your local pharmacist swing in the breeze.
Time was that a butcher never was seen in a supermarket, so pharmacists in Woolies is not all that a leap. I won't see it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see day surgery and cataracts being done down near the bakery section one day.
Also, I would not be surprised to see Sigma/Chemist W move in to other retail and medical centres.
Interesting times.
gg