Pharmadoctor
Pharmadoctor
Pharmadoctor is a private UK provider of clinical services covering multiple therapeutic areas. It allows customers to be treated in their community pharmacy, helping them to stay healthy for longer by providing simple and affordable top-ups to public healthcare once a corresponding Patient Group Directive (PGD) has been purchased from Pharmadoctor.
Pharmadoctor covers many specific services of which many prioritise women's health. A specific Women's Health package is available offering the following services at a cost of £861 before Value Added Tax (VAT).
- Alcohol reduction
- Back pain
- Conjunctivitis
- Ear infection
- Facial hair removal
- Haemorrhoids
- HPV
- Morning after pill
- Nausea and sickness
- Oral contraceptives
- Period delay
- Period pain
- Smoking cessation
- Thrush
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's)
- Weight management
Customers: As pressure on frontline NHS services intensifies, customers are turning to local pharmacies as an alternative clinic for a wide range of healthcare services and treatments including the fact that:
- There is a convenient online booking system so customers can head straight to their local pharmacy cutting assessment and treatment times without the need for a GP appointment.
- They may also be able to get a telephone or video consultation avoiding the need to go the pharmacy altogether.
- The community pharmacy is often closer than the GP surgery with longer opening hours.
- The service is free to use, leaving only standard charges for treatments chosen at the pharmacy.
- Treatments often available that are not routinely available on the NHS e.g., certain weight management options.
- Lots of women's health subjects are of a highly personal and sensitive subject matter. The customer may well find it easier to talk to a health care professional in a pharmacy of their choosing rather than their own GP.
Community Pharmacy: Pharmacies are beginning to rebrand their shops as 'clinics', concentrating on a range of areas including men's health, minor ailments, seasonal health, sexual health, skincare, travel health, vaccinations, and women's health. Pharmacy owners and pharmacy staff are recognising the significant direct and indirect business potential of offering services, including:
- Access to the Pharmadoctor eTool consultation platform, relevant service documents (including the required PGDs), customer service and clinical support, access to hundreds of marketing materials and a free listing on the Pharmadoctor Patient Website service pharmacy finder - leading to patient referrals via the booking function.
- Increased footfall with more patients accessing the pharmacy.
- New revenue streams with payment for the services offered and the opportunity to link sell.
- Less reliance on NHS funded services.
- Competitor differentiation.
- Professional development for all staff involved with the clinical services. This does not have to just be pharmacists because with the correct training and PGDs in place other staff members can also deliver the service.
For information: As well as the Pharmadoctor Women's Health specific package Pharmadoctor also has different prices for each service the community pharmacy can offer and before Value Added Tax (VAT) is added they cost:
- Acne £89
- Alcohol Reduction £89
- Ear infection £89
- Erectile dysfunction £55
- Flu Jab £25
- Hepatitis B £89
- Measles £89
- Meningitis ACWY £89
- Men's Health £672 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Alcohol reduction
- Back pain
- Conjunctivitis
- Ear infection
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hair loss
- Haemorrhoids
- Nausea and sickness
- Premature ejaculation
- Smoking cessation
- Urinary incontinence
- Weight management
- Migraine £89
- Minor Ailments £661 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Alcohol reduction
- Acid reflux
- Back pain
- Ear infection
- Haemorrhoids
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Migraine
- Nausea and sickness
- Respiratory
- Smoking cessation
- Weight management
- Pneumococcal £89
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine £89
- Seasonal Health £270 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Flu jab
- Hay fever
- Influenza test 'n' treat
- Pneumococcal
- Respiratory
- RSV
- Strep A test 'n' treat
- Sexual Health £310 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Chlamydia
- Erectile dysfunction
- HPV
- Morning after pill
- Oral contraceptives
- Period delay
- Premature ejaculation
- Thrush
- UTI test 'n' treat
- Shingles £89
- Skincare £351 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Acne
- Cold sore
- Dermatitis
- Facial hair removal
- Fungal infection
- Hives
- Impetigo
- Plaque psoriasis
- Rosacea
- Scalp psoriasis
- Thrush
- Smoking Cessation £55
- Strep A test 'n' treat £89
- Travel Health £799 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- UTI test 'n' treat £89
- Vaccinations £485 (this a combined package covering the following areas)
- Chickenpox
- Flu jab
- Hepatitis B
- HPV
- Measles
- Meningitis ACWY
- Meningitis B
- Pneumococcal
- RSV
- Shingles
- Tuberculosis
- Weight Management £549
Although Pharmadoctor has different prices for each of the services that the community pharmacy can deliver it also offers another Unlimited Package covering over 60 Pharmadoctor services. All the services put together costs £1649 instead of the £5000 if bought individually and there is also a 45% discount if 10 or more packages are purchased at the same time.