Planning for the provision of pharmacy services for the Olympic Games, to be held at Sydney, Australia, next year is well under way.
The pharmacy director for the games (Mr Geoffrey Pritchard) spoke to The Journal about the plans during a visit to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on September 10.
Mr Pritchard explained that the medical team for the games was divided into eight health care divisions, each of them headed by a director.
Medical services and treatment were to be provided free of charge to all 10,500 Olympic competitors, along with 13,000 team administrators, trainers, managers, etc, from a polyclinic in the Olympic village at Homebush, New South Wales. Pharmaceutical services would be provided by a team of 50 volunteer pharmacists who were providing their services free of charge. Of the entire medical team, only the eight directors were paid. The pharmacy would be open from 7am to 11pm each day, staffed by four pharmacists at a time, working eight hour shifts.

Geoffrey Pritchard: free services for 23,500 people