Updates

Take Home Naloxone Pilot extended to 30 June 2021

We are very pleased to confirm the Australian Government’s commitment to the Take Home Naloxone (THN) Pilot, which commenced from 1 December 2019, by advising that the THN Pilot will run for an additional four months to 30 June 2021.

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Season’s Greetings from the PPA

The PPA wishes you all the best for the holiday season and advises that the Support Centre will be closed on Friday 25 December 2020 (Christmas Day), Monday 28 December 2020 (Boxing Day Public Holiday) and Friday 1 January 2020 (New Years Day).

RPMA – Ministerial Announcement regarding Program changes

Changes to the RPMA Program have been announced. We will contact individual pharmacies in the coming days to explain how these changes will affect them.

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Community Pharmacy Service Charter available online

Hard copy versions of the Community Pharmacy Service Charter are no longer available from the Department of Health.

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Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) – Changes to Eligibility and Payment Arrangements

From 1 January 2021, RPMA eligibility and payment values will no longer be based upon the Pharmacy Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA) categories and will instead be based upon the Modified Monash Model (MMM) rural classification system.

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