Reasons for providing pharmacist vaccination services and planned future services
| Baseline survey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main reasons for the pharmacy offering pharmacist vaccination services | |||||
| Strongly agree (%) | Agree (%) | Neither agree nor disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Strongly disagree (%) | |
| To increase consumer immunisation rates | 61/85 (71.8) | 21/85 (24.7) | 3/85 (3.5) | 0 | 0 |
| To provide health promotion opportunities | 59/86 (68.6) | 27/86 (31.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To enhance the role of pharmacists | 72/86 (83.7) | 14/86 (16.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| For financial gains | 26/86 (30.2) | 31/86 (36.0) | 24/86 (27.9) | 4/86 (4.7) | 1/86 (1.2) |
| To provide holistic patient care opportunities (health hub) | 45/86 (52.3) | 33/86 (38.4) | 8/86 (9.3) | 0 | 0 |
| For professional satisfaction of pharmacists | 51/86 (59.3) | 26/86 (30.2) | 9/86 (10.5) | 0 | 0 |
| How pharmacists intend to provide vaccination services in terms of pharmacist time management | |||||
| All of the time (%) | Most of the time (%) | Unsure (%) | Some of the time (%) | Not at all (%) | |
| Appointment system during all pharmacy trading hours | 5/77 (6.5) | 16/77 (20.8) | 7/77 (9.1) | 17/77 (22.1) | 32/77 (41.6) |
| Appointment system during specific pharmacy trading hours | 28/83 (33.7) | 32/83 (38.6) | 3/83 (3.6) | 11/83 (13.3) | 9/83 (10.8) |
| Walk-in therefore no appointment necessary | 13/86 (15.1) | 36/86 (41.9) | 3/86 (3.5) | 28/86 (32.6) | 6/86 (7.0) |
| Exit survey | |||||
| Planned future vaccination services in 2016 | |||||
| Strongly agree (%) | Agree (%) | Neither agree nor disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Strongly disagree (%) | |
| Intend to continue providing influenza vaccinations in 2016 | 73/78 (93.6) | 4/78 (5.1) | 1/78 (1.3) | 0 | 0 |
| Wish to expand the service to other vaccinations | 66/78 (84.6) | 10/78 (12.8) | 2/78 (2.6) | 0 | 0 |
| Wish to expand the service to people <18 years old | 42/78 (53.8) | 17/78 (21.8) | 10/78 (12.8) | 6/78 (7.7) | 3/78 (3.8) |