Health Funding

Alistair Whyte, of Unichem Chemist Shop in Palmerston North, looks at problems facing the sector and the deficiencies in the two independent reports on pharmacy

The Pharmacy Council has fielded a flood of applications for its recently announced fourth tranche of relief funding, writes Anna Lee

Alistair Whyte, of Unichem Chemist Shop in Palmerston North looks at problems facing the sector and the deficiencies in the two independent reports on the sector 

The Pharmacy Council has announced $500,000 in relief funding is now available for community pharmacy – and it will be delivered on a first in, first served basis 

Staff in community pharmacy are being materially underpaid compared with workers in hospital pharmacies and other sectors. 

Pharmacy Guild chief executive Andrew Gaudin says the new money in the pharmacy-services contract offered by DHBs is the best deal pharmacy owners can get, given the financial pressures DHBs are under. But not all pharmacy owners agree

Pharmacy Guild chief executive Andrew Gaudin says the new money in the pharmacy-services contract offered by DHBs is the best deal pharmacy owners can get, given the financial pressures DHBs are under. But not all pharmacy owners agree

After months of negotiations behind closed doors, the DHBs have offered the next variation of the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement and $38.6 million in new funding is up for grabs

Stephen Child, of health insurer Southern Cross, is questioning the huge range of private specialist fees for procedures, faced by patients and their insurers.

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