The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7453 p602
26 May 2007

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NPA supports application fees for pharmacy contracts

Support for Government plans to introduce fees associated with applications for pharmacy contracts has come from the National Pharmacy Association.

The NPA hopes the move will help prevent speculative and blocking applications. However, the NPA believes that once an application is successful then the charge should be refunded. Raj Nutan NPA pharmacy business manager added: “We oppose fees for minor relocations of pharmacies. Owners of premises forced to relocate, for example, due to fire or flood would be penalised unjustly. Change of ownership should also be exempt from charges.”

The NPA says it is disappointed that fees are not going to be levied for doctors’ dispensing applications.