Vic CWH goes ‘Supercare’

SEVEN Chemist Warehouse (CWH) stores across Victoria will become Supercare Pharmacies as part of a two-year agreement with the Victorian Government to provide extra services to local communities.

The pharmacies, to be partly funded by the Victorian Government, will join CWH Traralgon as a Supercare Pharmacy and will operate twenty-four hours, seven days a week, 365 days of the year (W 29 May 17).

They will all provide around-theclock access to pharmacists for advice, supply of medicines as well as dispensing prescriptions from June 2018.

The new Supercare Pharmacies will be CWH Cranbourne North, CWH Hoppers Crossing, CWH Keilor East, CWH Melton, CWH Mildura, CWH Ringwood and CWH Shepparton.

A free on-site nurse service will also be available daily from 6pm to 10pm and will provide face-to-face health advice and treatment for minor injuries and illness, wound management, a range of immunisations, health screening, sexual health advice and referrals to other services, including to local general practitioners.

Supercare Pharmacies are intended to take pressure off the emergency departments of the public hospital system where people have been visiting with minor injury or ailments.

Supercare Pharmacies began operations in Jul 2016 with five stores, which were then followed at the end of Jun this year by Parkmore Pharmacy 4 Less, Coburg Pharmacy 4 Less, Reservoir Pharmacy 4 Less, Balwyn Day н Night Pharmacy, Curlewis Pharmacy 4 Less, Bendigo UFS Pharmacies and Traralgon Chemist Warehouse.