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Pharmacists can provide more primary care services
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 2:26 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes Health Minister Tony Ryall’s statement calling for Expressions of Interest from primary health care organisations capable of delivering a wider range of services to communities. More >>
Pseudoephedrine sales declining
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:19 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Pharmacists are already responding to the call for greater restrictions on the sale of pseudoephedrine with sales declining by over 20% year on year. This decline is matched by a 41% increase in the sales of the less effective alternative phenylephedrine. More >>
Pharmacists help asthma patients
Friday, 8 May 2009, 2:10 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand and the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation are delighted that 16 Guild pharmacies across New Zealand are donating their time to help Asthma Awareness Week by running asthma clinics in their pharmacies. More >>
Minister’s comments set the direction for DHBs
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 11:11 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the ‘Guild’) is welcoming indications from Heath Minister Tony Ryall that he believes that front line community pharmacists are under utilised in the primary care system. More >>
Pharmacists dust off the Pandemic guidelines
Friday, 1 May 2009, 8:54 am | Pharmacy Guild
Pharmacists will be dusting off their copy of the Pandemic Infection Control guidelines issued to Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand members during the Avian Flu scare in 2005. More >>
Tamiflu available on Friday, only with symptoms
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 5:09 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Patients who present with clear signs of influenza will be able to purchase Tamiflu without a prescription from their local community pharmacist from this Friday May 1. However, the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is reminding the public that pharmacists ... More >>
New breaks could mean pharmacies ‘close for lunch’
Monday, 30 March 2009, 5:03 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Changes to the Employment Relations Act due to come into force on Wednesday could mean that some pharmacies will have to close their doors for periods during the day, to allow the pharmacist to have a statutory break. More >>
Frontline pharmacists welcome Minister’s review
Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 2:46 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is welcoming the Minister of Health’s new taskforce set to review quality and performance of the public health system More >>
You can trust your community pharmacist
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 9:44 am | Pharmacy Guild
A recent study comparing community pharmacies to “health stores” has shown community pharmacies to be a far superior source of reliable health advice. More >>
Solution to wholesalers' problem will work
Monday, 24 November 2008, 2:23 pm | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand ('the Guild') met with representatives of the DHBs, Pharmac, and the pharmacy wholesalers today to discuss issues affecting the viability of the wholesalers when the effect of new generics flows into the market in early ... More >>
Community pharmacy has high hopes for new leaders
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 10:15 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is today welcoming the appointment of Hon Tony Ryall as Minister of Health. More >>
Pharmacy gives early briefing to incoming Minister
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 10:44 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand has released its briefing on community pharmacy to the Minister of Health today. More >>
Guild gets behind ‘Get It On Time’ Parkinson's Msg
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 12:14 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Parkinson’s New Zealand and the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand are joining forces to promote the ‘Get It On Time’ campaign during Parkinson’s Awareness Week (1-7 November, 2008). More >>
National promises greater role for pharmacists
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 5:36 pm | Pharmacy Guild
National Party Pharmacy Spokesperson Dr Jackie Blue has vowed that pharmacists will play a greater role in primary health if her party is the next Government. Dr Blue made the comments during her speech at the New Zealand Self-Medication Industry (NZSMI) ... More >>
Good healthy advice in 7 languages (plus English)
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:36 am | Pharmacy Guild
It has just become easier for patients who have difficulty with the English language to get good healthy advice from their community pharmacy, with the launch of the Pharmacy Translation Kit in Wellington today. More >>
Pharmacists are part of the health workforce too
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 9:56 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is disappointed that Minister Cunliffe has all but ignored the importance of community pharmacists in the delivery of primary health care. More >>
Review of fee by March 09 would solve problems
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 4:11 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Ensuring that the review of the dispensing fee is completed by March 2009 is the answer to solving the current disputes between DHBs and pharmacists according to the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand Chief Executive, Annabel Young. More >>
Guild Briefs National MPs on Pharmacy Issues
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 9:37 am | Pharmacy Guild
At Pharmacy Guild headquarters in Wellington today, the Guild Executive Council briefed National Party health spokesperson Hon Tony Ryall and associate health spokesperson Dr Jackie Blue on the issues facing community pharmacy. More >>
Pharmacists briefed on the future of pharmacy
Monday, 4 August 2008, 3:35 pm | Pharmacy Guild
Widely held concerns amongst pharmacists about the financial viability of community pharmacy were discussed at a meeting with Pharmacy Guild Chief Executive Annabel Young in Christchurch yesterday. Ms Young addressed a group of around forty local ... More >>
Public Private Partnership in health welcome
Friday, 1 August 2008, 10:40 am | Pharmacy Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is welcoming comments made by the Minister of Health calling for greater collaboration between public and private health care providers. More >>
