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Pharmacists band together to access new money for top-of-scope services
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Pharmacists band together to access new money for top-of-scope services
Monday 6 May 2019, 03:45 PM
Whangarei pharmacy owner Iain Buchanan believes joining together with other pharmacists is the best way for pharmacy owners to ensure they get a slice of the funding pie
On 1 October 2018, the new and much anticipated Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement came into force. The new contract promised to inject more than $20 million in new funding into the sector and provide flexibility to develop local services. Seven months on, reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what the contract has delivered
Pharmacists around New Zealand are banding together to access funding under the new pharmacy services contract.
When it came into force last year,