Metropolitan Pharmacy Services - MPS

25/09/2023

Happening now!! Join us for morning tea!

05/07/2023

During the Senate estimates last month, I was disturbed by the comment Ms Penny Shakespeare made that Dose Administration Aids (DAAs) may not be necessary in aged care as nurses can help residents take their medications from boxes and bottles.
There’s a huge value in community pharmacy providing medications in DAAs in aged care that has many health and safety risk benefits for the staff and residents at the facility.
For comparison, I collected the medications for one section of an aged care facility, 23 residents.
These are the regular, packed medications ONLY. It does not include the non-packed items. No creams, eye drops, liquids, inhalers, patches. With double dispensing, this is what we would be expecting a facility to carry in their medication trolley to be administered ONLY by a registered nurse. This would easily take 2.5 hours for a breakfast round!
The second photo shows the same 23 residents’ medication in Webstercare’s Unit Dose 7 System. One week’s worth of medication dispensed into a DAA and checked by a pharmacist against the resident’s most current doctor’s orders. The medication can be administered by competent care staff under supervision of a registered nurse. The breakfast round would take 45min, ensuring residents received their medication safely, accurately and on time.
Webstercare Webster-pak
Mark Butler MP
Anthony Albanese

24/04/2023

Edit: the proposal has been updated to begin 1st September and to be rolled out in 3 stages over 12 months. This still won’t address the myriad of other issues including loss of 30% of revenue per pharmacy despite have to continue with the same overheads, in fact we would have to keep an increased amount of stock to accommodate 2 boxes per patient. Reduced pharmacy opening hours, loss in pharmacy free services such as BP checks, JP services and STAT dec signing, free deliveries, increased prices for over the counter medications. Reduced staffing hours. A female led industry is having the rug pulled from under them - working mums will feel the hardest hit.
The biggest loss for our pharmacy is the viability of providing services to aged care will diminish to below zero.

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The Labour Government announced on Thursday evening its plans to introduce 60 day dispensing from 1st July without considering the impact it would have on pharmacy’s Australia wide. We are making noise about this because we know it will inevitably lead to a
Anthony Albanese Chris Bowen MP let’s have a conversation about this. You relied on us to keep the community safe when it wasn’t safe to leave the house, you obviously trust us, so listen!

30/12/2021

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14/12/2021

The Government has announced that Covid-19 Boosters are now available 5 months from your second dose. Moderna is suitable regardless of what vaccine you have had previously. Book Now: https://www.metropharm.com.au/covid-19-vaccination

Metropolitan Pharmacy Services (MPS/ Metropharm) offers specialised professional pharmacy services to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and community customers.

29/10/2021

Their reactions are the best!

30/09/2021

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27/09/2021

📣 Moderna Vaccination available here
✅ Approved from age 12 Years
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✅ Onsite parking available

Metropolitan Pharmacy Services (MPS) provides a sustainable medication management solution which is specifically tailored, implemented and maintained. Providers of the Moderna and AstraZeneca Covid10 vaccinations.

27/09/2021

Moderna Vaccination Bookings Available Now!
On site parking available.
Book online at https://www.metropharm.com.au/covid-19-vaccination or call us on 8514 5300

Metropolitan Pharmacy Services (MPS) provides a sustainable medication management solution which is specifically tailored, implemented and maintained. Providers of the Moderna and AstraZeneca Covid10 vaccinations.

16/09/2021

Bookings now open!

Metropolitan Pharmacy Services (MPS/ Metropharm) offers specialised professional pharmacy services to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and community customers.

14/09/2021

Moderna & AstraZeneca Vaccinations Available

We are an approved vaccination provider for the Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) or Spikevax (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine, helping to provide COVID-19 immunisation for our local area and wider community.

You can book online by visiting our website at https://www.metropharm.com.au/ or call us on 8541 5300, to book your appointments to get your first and second doses of the vaccine.

Metropolitan Pharmacy Services (MPS/ Metropharm) offers specialised professional pharmacy services to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and community customers.