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Pharmacy is one of the things that work
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:51 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes the Prime Minister's Statement to Parliament yesterday, particularly that the Government will be "working to take pressure off hospitals" and "improving public health by expanding ... More >>
Dunedin Hospital pilot uncovers serious prescribing errors
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 3:07 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The electronic prescribing pilot involving two wards at Dunedin Hospital may be extended across the entire hospital, and to Wakari Hospital, after the pilot exposed inadequate prescribing and administration practices. More >>
Guild welcomes decision not to charge member pharmacist
Friday, 4 February 2011, 3:51 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes the decision by Police not to charge Auckland pharmacist Grant Gillard in relation to the death of an intruder on his premises. Gillard is a member of the Guild and owns Grant Gillard Pharmacy ... More >>
Smokefree Coalition presenting to Health Select Committee
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 10:53 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes the Smokefree Coalition today presenting to the Health Select Committee. As a member of the Smokefree Coalition, the Guild supports their approach to reducing smoking rates and the intent of the ... More >>
Guild supports supports smoking recommendation
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 3:30 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Guild supports recommendation for pharmacists to be Quitcard providers The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) supports the Māori Affairs Select Committee’s Report into the tobacco industry, especially their recommendation to allow community ... More >>
Community pharmacists expected to be ‘bankers’
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 5:30 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has been informed that community pharmacists are to be responsible for the sixth medicine recall for 2010 - as well as providing their services as bankers for a pharmaceutical company. More >>
PHARMAC to contract Guild for use of Pharmacode®
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 10:56 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has reached an agreement with PHARMAC and the DHBs to fund the public good aspects of the Pharmacode® system that is used by all New Zealand pharmacies and suppliers to pharmacies. More >>
Children Not ‘Mini Adults’ With Medicine Dosages
Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:31 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) stresses the importance of seeking professional health advice from a community pharmacist before treating young children with influenza symptoms. More >>
Guild welcomes pharmacy warfarin pilot
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 12:18 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is welcoming Health Workforce New Zealand’s decision to fund up to 15 community pharmacy pilot sites to provide anticoagulation therapy to patients. More >>
Pharmacists play crucial patient safety role
Monday, 28 June 2010, 1:35 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is concerned about the public perception that paracetamol and other readily accessible medicines can be taken without risk. More >>
Guild welcomes election of Canterbury pharmacist
Friday, 11 June 2010, 4:33 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand has welcomed the election of Christchurch pharmacy owner, Karen Crisp, as Vice President. More >>
Guild wants involvement in ministerial review
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 1:41 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) congratulates Health Minister Tony Ryall on his urgent review of medicine recalls which will begin on Tuesday 8 June. More >>
43,000 patients affected by latest medicine recall
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 3:45 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Today Mylan New Zealand recalled all strengths of Pacific Atenolol tablets and they are asking community pharmacists to contact patients who have been dispensed this medicine since 1 January 2010. This is in addition to the patient level recall of ... More >>
Patient level recall of heart drug a concern
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 5:05 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is expressing concern about today’s patient level recall of Mylan NZ’s Pacific Atenolol 50mg tablets. The Guild says such recalls are worrying for patients and take considerable time and effort by frontline ... More >>
Guild says community pharmacists can help smokers
Friday, 30 April 2010, 4:19 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (Inc) (the Guild) supports the Government’s decision to increase the price of tobacco and would like to see community pharmacists better utilised in the fight against smoking-related harm. The tax on cigarettes increased ... More >>
Pharmacy sector needs to be ready for change
Friday, 23 April 2010, 11:08 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum (CPLF) met on Tuesday to discuss a range of issues facing the sector. The role of the Forum is to ensure the sector finds common ground to present a consistent sector view. More >>
Community pharmacies involved in second recall
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 9:56 am | Pharmacy Guild
Mylan NZ, in conjunction with Medsafe, will be undertaking a voluntary recall of Respigen Inhalers (salbutamol) distributed to patients between August and November 2009. More >>
Pharmacists fill gaps to help reach health targets
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 1:19 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Community pharmacies are well-placed to step into the gaps where primary health organisations (PHOs) are struggling to meet community health needs, says the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild). More >>
Guild Advocates For Commission
Friday, 12 February 2010, 5:10 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes the establishment of the Quality & Safety Improvement Commission and strongly recommends the Minister of Health appoints a community pharmacist as a member. More >>
Pseudoephedrine classification OK for pharmacists
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 5:14 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Following today’s announcement that pseudoephedrine will be reclassified as a prescription-only medicine, the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand shares the Prime Minister’s commitment to the menace of “P” and understands why he has taken these steps. The Guild ... More >>
