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The Independent Community Pharmacy Group had their day in court and they won on the question of pharmacy ownership. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The pharmacy sector will gain an additional $8 million in backdated funding this year, after every contract holder agreed to change the contract start date by Te Whatu Ora’s deadline

Thirty-five pharmacy contract holders are yet to sign variation 5 of the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement which will net the sector a combined $8 million in backdated funding if all owners agree by the end of Monday

The pharmacy sector may miss out on $8 million in backdated funding if the 138 pharmacy owners who have not yet signed the latest variation of the pharmacy services contract do not do so within five days

Pharmacy sector representatives are disappointed Te Whatu Ora has not budged from the 5 per cent funding increase it put on the table at the start of pharmacy contract talks.

A pharmacy advisory group that was dumped because of COVID-19 is being revived and sector representatives have until Tuesday to nominate the people who will decide on its terms of reference

Pharmacy sector representatives are disappointed Te Whatu Ora has not budged from the 5 per cent funding increase it put on the table at the start of pharmacy contract talks

Pharmacy contract talks are set to resume on 10 July now that a new independent chair for the National Annual Agreement Review has been appointed

The Independent Community Pharmacy Group had their day in court and they won on the question of pharmacy ownership. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Annual pharmacy services contract talks are still on hold as the process to appoint a new chair continues