Pharmacy 777 Shoalwater has been named guild pharmacy of the yr for 2023, beating greater than 500 nominees throughout Australia to take out the distinguished award.
The pharmacy was the one WA pharmacy that was a finalist within the nationwide Pharmacy Guild Awards, that are held yearly by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
Not solely did Pharmacy 777 Shoalwater take out the highest gong on the awards, introduced on Wednesday night time in Queensland, it additionally acquired the excellence in group engagement award.
Co-proprietor Sam Asfar — who has been on the pharmacy’s helm for 11 years — mentioned it was an “absolute honor” to be acknowledged as pharmacy of the yr.
“It is an enormous acknowledgment to the staff and the work that they put in day in and time out to assist and help the group’s well being wants,” Mr Asfar mentioned.
“This award goes out to all the group for truly supporting us all through our journey.
“I believe with out their help we would not have the ability to do what we do and the best way they’ve responded to our well being companies has been the actual driver behind this enterprise.”
The Pharmacy Guild Awards acknowledge pharmacies that present modern healthcare for his or her communities, with the pharmacy of the yr chosen from the three class winners.
The opposite two class winners have been WholeLife Pharmacy & Healthfoods Pease Road in Queensland, which acquired the excellence in enterprise administration award, and Thursday Island Pharmacy within the Torres Strait Islands gained excellence in skilled innovation.
Guild senior nationwide vice-president Nick Panayiaris mentioned Pharmacy 777 Shoalwater stood out in the long run due to its consistency throughout all classes.
“This yr the standard of nominations once more lifted the benchmark when it comes to the innovation, dedication and dedication to group pharmacy and their sufferers,” he mentioned.
Mr Panayiaris mentioned the award winners have been “so various” in how they operated their pharmacies, making the judging course of “much more troublesome”.
“Popping out of the pandemic, these pharmacies have taken the chance to deal with affected person wants and points like workforce shortages and acknowledged the necessity for innovation and alter to fulfill and exceed affected person calls for and expectations,” he mentioned.
Adjustments put in place by Pharmacy 777 Shoalwater included a help service to assist sufferers with transitions out and in of hospital in a bid to scale back treatment errors and re-admissions.
The pharmacy additionally helps help transplant sufferers get better and cut back potential issues within the quick and long-term.
Mr Asfar mentioned the very first thing he and his staff would do was have fun the win with the area people.
“We’ll be throwing a celebration to have fun along with all the group,” he mentioned.
“Then we are going to simply proceed to work arduous and hold filling these gaps within the healthcare system.
“Each single service we have give you, we are able to nonetheless hold doing issues to make it higher, in order that’ll proceed to be our important focus.”
