Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement

After months of meetings with pharmacy sector representatives behind closed doors, the country’s DHBs have this morning revealed their new offer to pharmacy owners

Health minister David Clark has described the new pharmacy services contract as a building block to reducing inequity in the healthcare system.

DHB officials are urging pharmacy owners to sign the new services contract by close of business today to ensure they can get properly paid

Six DHBs have now suspended new patients from signing up to LTC pharmacy services

The new pharmacy services contract has gone live on the TAS website

Some sector agents are urging the DHBs to return to the negotiating table to come up with a solution to IPSCA 

Fears millions of dollars for local services could be taken from the community pharmacy envelope and given to other providers

IPSCA negotiations have been likened to the unproductive collective bargaining processes New Zealand experienced in the 80s.

Countdown pharmacy boss shows support for the new service contract after a reassuring meeting with the DHBs puts his mind at ease.

Young pharmacists are questioning who to trust, with DHBs and sector agents offering very different ideas on how the new contract will affect how pharmacists do their job and get paid