Meaghers Pharmacy Group celebrated winning two awards on the night, including the BOI Payment Acceptance (BOIPA) Innovation & Service Development Award 2023.
Meaghers Pharmacy are continually evolving to deliver innovative services at the core of their community. The pharmacy team are continuously working on new ideas and services that they can bring to their pharmacies to improve the level of care which is provided to each and every one of their patients.
Medication non-adherence is a widespread issue leading to reduced quality of life in patients, increased hospital admissions, premature deaths and increasing healthcare costs. In 2022, Managing Director Oonagh O’Hagan and Superintendent Pharmacist, Elaine Lillis, wanted to highlight the key role pharmacists can play in tackling this issue and so began discussions to identify a new service that they could offer in the pharmacies to set about doing this.
Speaking on behalf of the Group, Managing Director Oonagh O’Hagan said, “At Meaghers Pharmacy group we are always thriving to push forward and the Irish Pharmacy Awards give us the opportunity to benchmark ourselves against the best in class.
“There was some really stiff competition within this category, from the entrants to the finalists and we are honoured to have been recognised but it’s amazing to have actually collect and win this Award as I believe it really shows the level of innovation within Meaghers Pharmacy Group.
“I must say this was a real team effort and a huge shout of thanks goes to Elaine Lillis, our Superintendent Pharmacist at her colleague Grace Grimes as they and their team came up with the idea, worked with stakeholders to implement the idea and launched the partnership with HealthBeacon to drive compliance in community pharmacy.”
Innovation & Service Development (Chain) Award with Barry Gray, Marketing Director, BOI Payment Acceptance
