From the Belfast (Ireland) Telegraph:
Pharmacists have withdrawn their threat to boycott community drugs schemes following a breakthrough in talks with the HSE yesterday.
Around 800 pharmacies were threatening to stop dispensing medicine under various schemes due to a row over the payments they receive from the HSE for wholesale medicines.
The HSE has unilaterally reduced the price in an effort to save money and the two sides are still in dispute over the matter. ...more
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Pharmacies to withdraw from drugs scheme
From Irish Business News:
Several hundred pharmacists plan to pull out of community drugs schemes in a dramatic escalation in the row over drug payments.
Up to 400 pharmacies have told the Health Service Executive (HSE) of plans to suspend services or terminate their contracts with the state from May 1, according to sources close to the stand-off between pharmacists and the HSE.
In some counties, including Mayo and Donegal, almost all pharmacies have contacted the HSE about ceasing current arrangements. This could leave medical card patients without access to medicine in some areas, although the HSE has drawn up contingency plans to deal with this scenario. ...more
Several hundred pharmacists plan to pull out of community drugs schemes in a dramatic escalation in the row over drug payments.
Up to 400 pharmacies have told the Health Service Executive (HSE) of plans to suspend services or terminate their contracts with the state from May 1, according to sources close to the stand-off between pharmacists and the HSE.
In some counties, including Mayo and Donegal, almost all pharmacies have contacted the HSE about ceasing current arrangements. This could leave medical card patients without access to medicine in some areas, although the HSE has drawn up contingency plans to deal with this scenario. ...more
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Hundreds of pharmacies to shut for day
From the Independent (Ireland):
Hundreds of pharmacies around the country will shut down on Wednesday in what will effectively be a one-day work stoppage, the Sunday Independent has learned.
All 1,600 pharmacists who are members of the Irish Pharmacy Union have been called to a mass meeting in Dublin to discuss the HSE decision to implement a controversial new payment system for pharmacies as of yesterday.
Because medicines can only be dispensed in the presence of a qualified pharmacist, it is likely that many chemists around the country will be unable to fill prescriptions and will close their doors.
It means patients who have urgent prescriptions may have to travel long distances.
The "uni-flu" stoppage follows the HSE plans to reduce the margin paid to pharmaceutical wholesalers in a move aimed at saving €1.1bn. ...more
Hundreds of pharmacies around the country will shut down on Wednesday in what will effectively be a one-day work stoppage, the Sunday Independent has learned.
All 1,600 pharmacists who are members of the Irish Pharmacy Union have been called to a mass meeting in Dublin to discuss the HSE decision to implement a controversial new payment system for pharmacies as of yesterday.
Because medicines can only be dispensed in the presence of a qualified pharmacist, it is likely that many chemists around the country will be unable to fill prescriptions and will close their doors.
It means patients who have urgent prescriptions may have to travel long distances.
The "uni-flu" stoppage follows the HSE plans to reduce the margin paid to pharmaceutical wholesalers in a move aimed at saving €1.1bn. ...more
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