Geelong’s oldest pharmacy group, Community Care Chemist, has lifted the bar in providing premium multidisciplinary healthcare to the people of Greater Geelong and Apollo Bay.
With the onslaught of discount pharmacy chains and online pharmacy retailers in not only Greater Geelong, but around Australia, Community Care Chemist has redefined the way their pharmacists service their customers, making the customer’s health needs the top priority over profit margin.
As the only not-for-profit pharmacy in Greater Geelong, all funds generated from the four Community Care Chemists, are reinvested back to the pharmacies, with a slice of the funds donated to Greater Geelong and Apollo Bay’s community groups.
Community Care Chemist’s intuitive and proactive customer focus is its top priority with most of the pharmacists on the floor talking and advising customers about their healthcare needs.
The pharmacies are a hub of activity with each Geelong pharmacy specialising in a blockbuster healthcare issue. North Geelong focuses on diabetes, Geelong West on sleep apnoea and the newly refurbished Belmont pharmacy specialises in pain management.
With Geelong’s rapid ageing population, Community Care Chemist has fine-tuned the chemists’ dynamics to service these growing needs including obesity, dementia, mental health and heart health.
Anin-house naturopath is located in the Belmont and North Geelong CCC pharmacies as the demand for alternative and complementary therapies and medicines continues to escalate.
According to Community Care Chemist, CEO, Julie Ryan, the much-loved Geelong icon continues to refine its commitment to Greater Geelong and Apollo Bay citizens in receiving premium health care advice and strategies.
“For more than 116 years, Community Care Chemist has been part of Geelong’s community fabric. We are a trusted and respected group and are committed in consolidating that faith and confidence in quality healthcare in decades to come,” she said.
“With a new healthier rewards program to our 24,000-strong membership base, the program is not only free but offers a suite of other benefits including up to 20 per cent off selected products.
“At Community Care Chemist, we take our namesake seriously. We genuinely care for our community and that is why we have such a loyal customer base in Greater Geelong and Apollo Bay.
Lifetime Geelong resident, Pauline Stewart, age 83, has been a loyal customer of Community Care Chemist for the last 60 years and a member for many years.
“Community Care Chemist is the only choice for me when it comes to whole healthcare. You are greeted with pharmacists who are not hidden behind the dispensary but front and centre on the floor. They have a genuine interest in your enquiries and provide you with the guidance and advice you need. From a stubborn wart to taking natural medicine to complement your antibiotics – and everything else in between. Community Care Chemists staffs are there to help.
