THE COVID-19 pandemic is exposing flaws in the current pharmacy distribution system, heightening the need for reform of the Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA), the Rural Pharmacy Network Australian (RPNA) believes.
RPNA Chair, Fredrik Hellqvist, welcomed calls from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia for the Federal Government to invest in the RPMA (PD 23 Feb).
"COVID-19 has well and truly exposed the lack of equity in Australia's pharmaceutical distribution system," he said.
"And it is not just our distribution system that's flawed.
"The whole pharmacy remuneration system is geared towards maximizing dispensing volume at the expense of quality care."
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