THE Health Department has confirmed that the promised Interim Report for the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation would not be delivered as originally scheduled.
Just before Christmas, the review panel said: "the Interim Report will be released in February 2017 to allow everyone equal time and opportunity to consider and provide new feedback and comments" (PD 19 Dec 2016).
"We will be allowing time over that period into late Mar for more discussions and consultation with you all, for our consideration of our draft findings, and the opportunity to respond to the Panel again," the Dec update stated.
However on Fri, a department spokeswoman told PD "there have been delays in the finalisation of the Interim Report due to the serious illness of one of the Panel members.
"The Review Panel is continuing to consider carefully all the information before it, and will provide further information about how it will progress the next phase of the review," she said.
The Review will be a hot topic of discussion at APP later this week, with a panel session planned for Fri morning - however a previously scheduled Sat presentation by review chairman Stephen King will not go ahead (PD Thu).
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