MoH NZ notes concerns
January 8, 2014
Ministry of Health New
Zealand chief pharmacy advisor
Andi Shirtcliffe said the ministry
acknowledged the concerns
raised in an open letter from the
Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
(PGNZ).
As previously reported (PD 06 Jan)
PGNZ chief executive Lee Hohaia
sent a letter to the ceos at each
District Health Board in the country,
highlighting serious challenges NZ
pharmacists are facing.
In the letter, Hohaia said
there was some concern for
the sustainability of pharmacy
businesses following the CPSA’s
introduction on 01 July 2013.
Shirtcliffe said the Ministry noted
that the issues of understanding of
funding changes, margins, staffing
and other overheads as well as
IT efficiencies were already being
addressed through the Community
Pharmacy Services Agreement
(CPSA) governance and operational
groups and their processes.
“The community pharmacy
sector, in aggregate, has received a
nationally-agreed funding increase
of $13.3 million for the first two
years of the new CPSA.”
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