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Te Whatu Ora is planning to offer pharmacy owners 5 per cent more funding this year. Jonathan Chilton-Towle gauges reaction

Annual pharmacy services contract talks have been temporarily paused after National Annual Agreement Review chair Jenny Black resigned unexpectedly

Community pharmacy owners say the 5 per cent funding increase offered by Te Whatu Ora ahead of contract negotiations is nowhere near enough

Te Whatu Ora will come to the table with an offer of a 5 per cent funding increase to the community pharmacy sector in upcoming contract negotiations

Community pharmacy will have its first meeting with Te Whatu Ora to negotiate the most significant contract in the sector. Paulette Crowley takes a look at the issues that may – or may not – be on the table

Pharmacy staff were asked to fill in a Pharmacy Today survey about what issues were important to them before next month’s NAAR meetings. They didn’t hold back

The proportion of the pharmacy sector that could be unrepresented in the next National Annual Agreement Review (NAAR) is not yet clear, as Te Whatu Ora will not release the figures.

Forty per cent of contract holders with an Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement will not be represented in this year’s NAAR talks

Just how much of the pharmacy sector remains unrepresented in the annual agreement review is unclear 

The Ministry of Health says its decisions to license Countdown Pharmacies in Wainuiomata and Gisborne were “reasonable and lawful”