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The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealandโ€™s page is used to engage with our members, pharmacy staff, pharmacy students, and other stakeholders. We are a not-for-profit organisation, representing community pharmacy owners in New Zealand and are committed to ensuring our members realise their professional and financial potential. We have developed the following guidelines to ensure our page remains

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๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—ฒ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€Topics include cultural competency, smoking cessation, rheumatic fever and cyberse...
10/09/2026

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—ฒ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€
Topics include cultural competency, smoking cessation, rheumatic fever and cybersecurity, and support professional development and contribute towards recertification requirements.

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With the general election around the corner, our political engagement and lobbying for members is in full swing (it neve...
08/09/2026

With the general election around the corner, our political engagement and lobbying for members is in full swing (it never actually stops!).

๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Kesh Naidoo-Rauf and ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ met with ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ Simeon Brown MP again today. This follows advice we provided on how community pharmacy could be freed from current inefficiencies and proposed ownership changes.

We discussed poor electronic prescription quality and the impact on pharmacy, OP dispensing opportunities, the sustainable funding model review currently underway, proposed pharmacy ownership changes, the importance of a national ICPSA contracting policy, and the continued expansion of pharmacist services.

03/09/2026

Guild President Kesh Naidoo-Rauf is encouraging members to complete this year's ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†. Watch the video to hear why your participation matters, then check Guild InTouch for the survey link. Let us know if you have any questions.

Is your ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด up to date? Regional Health New Zealand social media pages are directing patients to head to...
31/08/2026

Is your ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด up to date? Regional Health New Zealand social media pages are directing patients to head to their local pharmacy for everyday health concerns and to check Healthpoint for details. Make sure your hours and services are current today!

Cuts, coughs, colds? Your local pharmacy can help. Head to Healthpoint to find the pharmacy closest to you.

www.healthpoint.co.nz/pharmacy/

Have you read the August edition of ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ yet? There are profiles of our new board members, info on the EPS, ...
28/08/2026

Have you read the August edition of ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ yet? There are profiles of our new board members, info on the EPS, migraine management, GLP-1 medicines, feedback and recognition, building team confidence, common warning signs for financial risk, and AI and robots in pharmacy.

Thanks to Niki Ryan, our Membership and Events Coordinator for the photo.

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„!

Pharmacies have started receiving Buyer Created Taxable Supply Information (BCTSI) emails from Sector Operations a few d...
27/08/2026

Pharmacies have started receiving Buyer Created Taxable Supply Information (BCTSI) emails from Sector Operations a few days before Case Mix payments. These are being sent separately for each payment component, rather than a single BCTSI covering the full payment.

The intent is to give pharmacies earlier visibility of upcoming payments. We understand the new process has caused confusion and are talking with HNZ about providing clearer info to the sector. The usual remittance advice will show the payment components together.

We are sponsoring the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards He Tohu Mauri Or...
19/08/2026

We are sponsoring the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards He Tohu Mauri Ora. Interim Chief Executive Glenn Mills explains why below.

The Pharmacy Guild is sponsoring the Community Pharmacy of the Year Award in the 2026 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora. Interim chief executive Glenn Mills, explains what it means to be a Stellar Supporter.

Full story ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/hosted-content/pharmacy-guild-stellar-supporter-community-pharmacies

17/08/2026

Last week, Guild Senior Advisory Pharmacists Cathy Martin and Martin Lowis presented at the ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—–๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ in Christchurch. Their presentations covered prescription quality and the need for digital standards, advanced clinical services in pharmacy, and quality as pharmacyโ€™s competitive advantage. Attendees included pharmacists, doctors, nurses, suppliers and IT vendors.

Great work flying the flag for pharmacy Martin and Cathy!

Guild Interim Chief Executive Glenn Mills had a productive meeting with Associate Health Minister Casey Costello MP this...
12/08/2026

Guild Interim Chief Executive Glenn Mills had a productive meeting with Associate Health Minister Casey Costello MP this morning. They spoke at length about our serious concerns with ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ within the Medical Products Bill, and the impacts on pharmacies, patients and communities.

They also discussed the role community pharmacy plays in supporting senior patients at home, and the increasing role we could play with more funded services, including in-home medicine use reviews.

We look forward to continuing to engage with the Minister and providing further ownership advice as requested.

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