Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement

Pharmacy gets a mention in the Government’s newly released interim New Zealand Health Plan but the document contains few announcements for the sector with little detail about how the measures in it will be implemented or paid for

Pharmacists balk at 3 per cent funding increase but there is some good news to come out of the latest National Annual Agreement Review negotiations, Paulette Crowley reports

Pharmacists balk at 3 per cent funding increase but there is some good news to come out of the latest National Annual Agreement Review negotiations, Paulette Crowley reports

Some pharmacists say sector negotiators have settled for a bad deal in accepting a 3 per cent fee offer 

Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund describes as “laughable” the fact that two independent reviews into pharmacy funding do not back an increase in funding as a solution to the sector’s woes

Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund describes as “laughable” the fact that two independent reviews into pharmacy funding do not back an increase in funding as a solution to the sector’s woes

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is calling for the ­annual pharmacy contract review negotiations to come out from behind closed doors

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is calling for the ­annual pharmacy contract review negotiations to come out from behind closed doors