Ramsay Health Care joins pharmacy break-up lobby
Supermarket giants could find a new ally for their push to break open the lucrative pharmacy industry in private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care, which wants rules that limit ownership of retail chemists scrapped.
The $12 billion private hospital operator has set itself on a collision course with the powerful pharmacists’ lobby by welcoming draft recommendations made in September by the competition policy review. The review, which is being led by Professor Ian Harper, recommended removing long-standing ownership and location rules.
Ramsay has backed the recommendations to open up the sector to greater competition and called for a fresh review of the pharmacy sector by "a respected, neutral umpire like the Productivity Commission". "Our ability to operate retail pharmacies in our hospitals has been held back by Commonwealth, state and territory legislation," Ramsay said in its submission. Sydney Morning Herald – Read more…
The $12 billion private hospital operator has set itself on a collision course with the powerful pharmacists’ lobby by welcoming draft recommendations made in September by the competition policy review. The review, which is being led by Professor Ian Harper, recommended removing long-standing ownership and location rules.
Ramsay has backed the recommendations to open up the sector to greater competition and called for a fresh review of the pharmacy sector by "a respected, neutral umpire like the Productivity Commission". "Our ability to operate retail pharmacies in our hospitals has been held back by Commonwealth, state and territory legislation," Ramsay said in its submission. Sydney Morning Herald – Read more…
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