September 2010
Pharmacy steps up to challenge
More than 100 pharmacists have put their hands up to become part of the Pharmaceutical Society’s community pharmacy Anti-coagulation Management Service pilot.
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Support offered for Grant Gillard
Christchurch pharmacist and recent armed hold-up victim Alan Bastin has a message of support for his Auckland peer Grant Gillard: “There but for the grace of God go I. I think every pharmacist in New Zealand could say that.”
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More work needed on recalls review
A draft consultation document on medicines recalls fails to address the two issues of most concern to pharmacists, according to chief executive of the Pharmacy Guild Annabel Young.
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Script error reporting advice
A pharmacist who reported his local GP’s prescribing errors to the Medical Council says he was unsupported by the organisation and would think very carefully before reporting his concerns about a prescriber’s behaviour again.
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Electronic makeover for IMMP
New Zealand’s Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme is going electronic.
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A fond farewell for Peter Rigg
The entrepreneurial pharmacist responsible for giving the Hibiscus Coast its name has died, aged 84.
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