Andrew Gaudin Progress made in 2025 Positively influence pending legislative, regulatory and policy change Delivered full mitigation of the potential adverse fee impacts of 12-month prescriptions from 1 February 2026 – avoiding a mid-po... 12-month prescriptions Advocacy Funding NAAR Feb 1, 2026
Andrew Gaudin 12-month prescription mitigation We have worked intensely with key senior officials to resolve this issue since the government’s policy decision in May 2025. This has included working with officials at multiple levels and providing r... 12-month prescriptions Advocacy Funding NAAR Dec 1, 2025
Andrew Gaudin NAAR process concerns Every year, the NAAR process is expected to be completed before 1 July, with any variations to the ICPSA from NAAR to be agreed by Voluntary Variation between ICPSA providers and HNZ. In 2024 and 2025... Advocacy Funding NAAR Nov 1, 2025
Andrew Gaudin HNZ’s application of cost pressures Budget 2024 was the first time the government agreed to a three-year cost pressures package. Funded cost pressure increases from this package for delivering all primary, community, public and populati... Advocacy Funding NAAR Oct 1, 2025
Nicole Rickman Media release: Guild’s work outside of NAAR delivers for community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has successfully secured improvements to the next Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement (ICPSA) voluntary variation by working outside the limi... Advocacy Funding Media release NAAR Sep 15, 2025
Andrew Gaudin NAAR process challenges in 2025 The NAAR process follows the highly flawed Health New Zealand (HNZ) approach to the recognition of reasonable cost pressure adjustments for the 2024/25 process. Every year there is an ICPSA contractua... Advocacy Funding NAAR Aug 1, 2025
Kesh Naidoo-Rauf Meeting with the Minister of Health In May, we had the opportunity to meet with the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown, our first meeting since his appointment in January. We aimed to continue our close, positive, trusted working rela... Advocacy CPLF Funding NAAR Workforce Jul 1, 2025
Andrew Gaudin Understanding the 2024/25 funding uplift The ICPSA requires that, before 1 July each year, community pharmacy providers/provider representatives and HNZ acknowledge that each national annual agreement review (NAAR) round will consider reason... Advocacy Funding NAAR Jun 1, 2025
Nicole Rickman Media release: Guild escalates concerns with HNZ’s 2024 cost pressure uplift The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) wrote to Health New Zealand (HNZ) last month on behalf of members escalating our significant concerns with HNZ’s approach to the funding of reasonable cos... Advocacy Funding Media release NAAR May 14, 2025