Guide to understanding the PSA - Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand

and any multi-disciplinary team sharedinformation platforms, or the e-prescribingproject, will come from outside the Envelope.6. High risk/Mental Health and Addiction/Disability Service Users.The statement acknowledges that over thefirst seven months of the PSA, the TransitionPayments make funding for pharmacy to servicethis group relatively stable. During this time,CPSOG will address the issue of at-risk groupsthat may not be adequately catered for underthe new PSA.7. Audit.This statement of purpose acknowledges thatefficient audit is necessary to ensure “fundingarrangements are fair and equitable to allProviders.” As with any funding model, it wouldbe possible for Providers to modify their practiceto gain unfairly at others’ expense. Examplesmight be to register excessive numbers of LTCpatients to gain additional fees or to reducerepeat numbers more than is clinically justified.The whole PSA model will be monitored bythe CPSOG’s Audit Sub-Group for trends, butthree aspects in particular are identified in thestatement. These are:• LTC registrations• initial script numbers• ratio of initial to repeat script numbers.The Statement also goes on to indicate that animportant part of the Audit Sub-Group’s role is toensure that “suitably experienced and qualifiedcommunity pharmacy input is available forclinical audits.”8. Role of the CPSGG and CPSOG.The activities and mandate of these committeesare set out and defined in Part I of theAgreement.9. Evaluation.CPSOG will perform a process and outcomeevaluation.10. Ethical and medico-legal issues.One of the ways the expected reduction in repeatnumbers and the management of prescriptionvolume (D5.1) will be achieved is by communitypharmacists having powers to determine periodsof supply. The statement indicates that this mustbe achievable within legal requirements.11. Term.Halfway through the PSA’s three year term theDHBs and Pharmacy Agents will “review thenext stage”. There is no further elaboration onthis statement within the Agreement. The “nextstage” refers to the period following the currentAgreement.pharmacy guild of new zealandPage 4