FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, is being heralded as "the rockstar of health ministers worldwide", for his efforts in securing the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA).
Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, praised Hunt's commitment to ensuring a deal was reached before the expiry of the 6CPA on 30 Jun, during the COVID-19 health crisis.
"Credit where credit is due, Greg did a fantastic job to get it over the line," he said.
"He's done a fantastic job with the COVID pandemic... we were more than impressed that he at least had some bandwidth to look at the CPA, because there was a time when we were a little bit concerned that the 7CPA obviously took second-place to the COVID-19 pandemic we're all dealing with.
"But he still gave it due process, he still gave it some TLC to get it over the line."
Tambassis also praised the Guild's negotiation team, led by National Vice President, Trent Twomey, and the team from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, who co-signed the deal for the first time.
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