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News and updates

Below you can find monthly and bi-monthly updates from the Guild's Chief Executive Andrew Gaudin and President Kesh Naidoo-Rauf, along with the latest media releases from the Guild.

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Scope of practice increases

2023 minor health conditions service (MHCS) pilot A MHCS was piloted in 10 of 20 districts in New Zealand from June to September 2023, to reduce demand on general practice, urgent care, and hospital e...

Advocacy Funding Workforce

Apr 30, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Way forward for community pharmacy

There are a range of current health system leadership changes that influence the shape, nature and extent of progress community pharmacy can reasonably expect, including: the recent change to our Mini...

Advocacy Funding

Mar 31, 2025

Nicole Rickman

Media release: Guild does not support extending CPCT funding

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) does not support calls made by some interested parties to extend funding for the Comprehensive Primary and Community Care Team (CPCT) initiative. Funding ...

Advocacy Funding Media release Workforce

Mar 12, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Guild's 2025 priorities

Our key work priorities for 2025 continue to be framed under four key work areas, which cover: Positively influence pending legislative, regulatory and policy change Retain majority pharmacist ownersh...

Advocacy Funding Legislation Member benefit

Feb 28, 2025

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Relationship with the Australian Guild

Late 2024 saw us formalise our relationship with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) and begin working even more closely together. The two Guild’s have enjoyed a close working relationship for many ...

Member benefit

Feb 28, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Health workforce planning

To help Health New Zealand accurately reflect the workforce pressures community pharmacy is experiencing, we ran a workforce survey in April 2024. This survey collected data on the number of pharmacis...

Advocacy Workforce

Jan 31, 2025

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Medicines legislation changes

The Medicines Act, legislation from 1981, sets out requirements for the approval, classification, manufacture, sale, distribution, advertising, prescribing and dispensing of medicines, along with lice...

Advocacy Legislation

Dec 31, 2024

Updates also appear in our hardcopy publications, Contact and Australasian Pharmacy.

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