No pharmacy takers for the ministry’s $18 million hard-to-access COVID-19 assistance fund

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No pharmacy takers for the ministry’s $18 million hard-to-access COVID-19 assistance fund

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Pharmacy Today

Funding Next Exit
An $18 million COVID-19 fund for pharmacies is sitting unclaimed because of overly strict criteria, says the sector

Pharmacy Today reporter Anna Lee investigates why a multi-million dollar financial assistance fund for community pharmacy remains unspent

Whatever the target was, they missed it. They went as far as saying there were 365 pharmacies which would probably qualify and there are zero The, Kaikoura Pharmacy owner David McKee says pharmacy has risen to the occasion and coped with the demands of COVID-19, but funding hasn’t followed