Pharmacy of the Year 2014 Winner!

Charnwood Capital Chemist in the Canberra suburb of Charnwood is the 2014 QCPP Pharmacy of the Year. The honour was announced today at the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference (APP) on the Gold Coast.

Charnwood Capital Chemist was named the Innovation in Professional Services category winner, and was then judged to be the best pharmacy overall. Owner pharmacist Samantha Kourtis accepted the award on behalf of her team.

The awards recognise achievement in community pharmacy across three categories. The categories and this year's winners are:
•Capital Chemist Charnwood Pharmacy, ACT -- Innovation in Professional Services & Pharmacy of the Year
•Priceline Springwood Pharmacy, NSW -- Excellence in Business Management
•Outback Pharmacies Broken Hill, NSW -- Excellence in Community Engagement

One of the judges of the competition, Victorian pharmacist Bill Scott said: "While the judging this year was incredibly difficult and there were so many great pharmacies, Charnwood is a clear example of how a dynamic pharmacist, with good local relationships can provide an excellent service and they are a great model that any pharmacy can learn from and deliver a better service.

"Like many of the pharmacies this year, Samantha saw that there were needs in the community that weren't being dealt with. For example, because Charnwood is an area where there is a considerable amount of diabetes and circulation problems, Samantha saw that there was a need for compression garments and wound dressings. She joined the Lymphology Assocation and has done the training so that she can be a qualified fitter and provider of these garments and now has excellent inter-professional relationships with a nearby hospital. She deals with the local GPs, everybody in the area, and the pharmacy is known as the go to spot with anything to do with compression garments and wound management in the area.

"In the end I would be very proud to have my name associated with any of these three category winners," Bill Scott said.

The National President of the Guild, George Tambassis, said: "I am extremely proud of our industry and there is no better showcase of our individual and collective achievements than this rigorously judged and highly respected award."

The overall winner and the category winners share in a cash prize, receive a stylish trophy to display in their pharmacy and a professional in-pharmacy photo shoot. The overall winner was deemed by the judges to be the pharmacy that stood out among the finalists and demonstrated achievements across each of the three categories. This year has seen a strong competition, with a tight field producing three worthy winners.

The Pharmacy of the Year competition is proudly sponsored by the Quality Care Pharmacy Program, QCPP.

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