The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7347 p510
30 April 2005

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New contract worries for NPA

The National Pharmaceutical Association is worried that pharmacy owners will be confused by a revised monthly reporting form that has been introduced with the new pharmacy contract.

Form FP34, which pharmacists submit to the Prescription Pricing Authority every month along with prescriptions to be priced, asks for details that differ from those set out in the Drug Tariff. For example, contractors are expected to report their dispensing staffing levels excluding pharmacists, although the Drug Tariff says that staffing levels include pharmacists.