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Thanks to those members who joined our ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ last night โ€“ we had a record turnout! The prese...
27/05/2026

Thanks to those members who joined our ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ last night โ€“ we had a record turnout! The presentation slides and webinar recording are available to view at www.pgnz.org.nz/presentations-and-webinars.

We are working on member resources, including guidance, SOPs, and consultation templates. We'll let you know as soon as these are available.

With ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ beginning on 2 June, come along to our next members-only webinar, Tuesday 26 May at 6.30...
21/05/2026

With ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ beginning on 2 June, come along to our next members-only webinar, Tuesday 26 May at 6.30pm, to learn about these new funded services and how to successfully implement them. See Guild InTouch for RSVP details.

This webinar will also be a useful opportunity for us to hear from you about what additional resources you would like us to develop to support implementation and service delivery.

We had a productive meeting with Health Minister Simeon Brown MP last Thursday on 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˜€ โ€“ ...
20/05/2026

We had a productive meeting with Health Minister Simeon Brown MP last Thursday on 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˜€ โ€“ this remains a key priority for the Guild.

We detailed our concerns with the official advice supporting the proposed changes, discussed international evidence highlighting the unintended consequences of open ownership, and advised that the changes would not achieve the desired outcome.

See today's edition of Guild InTouch for a more detailed update.

Guild Senior Advisory Pharmacist Cathy Martin shared insights with pharmacy students about her career journey at the ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ...
13/05/2026

Guild Senior Advisory Pharmacist Cathy Martin shared insights with pharmacy students about her career journey at the ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—” ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด on Monday night. Fantastic work Cathy!!

Pharmacies received a letter from HNZ advising that they do not intend to renew Covid-19 vaccination agreements. This is...
07/05/2026

Pharmacies received a letter from HNZ advising that they do not intend to renew Covid-19 vaccination agreements. This is because this service is now covered by the immunisation schedule in your ICPSA. ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Please contact us if you have any questions.

David Seymour outlined new ACT health policy earlier today. ACT wants to better utilise pharmacies by letting them:- tre...
05/05/2026

David Seymour outlined new ACT health policy earlier today. ACT wants to better utilise pharmacies by letting them:
- treat more everyday conditions
- help manage long-term medicine and order routine blood tests
- provide skin lesion triage and monitoring.

You can read the full speech below.

We believe it is inherent in the nature of human beings as individuals that they are the owners of their own lives and must be free to act according to their own judgments so long as they accept and respect the like freedom of others.

A big thank you for all you do to promote immunisation and vaccinate your communities this ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ and e...
28/04/2026

A big thank you for all you do to promote immunisation and vaccinate your communities this ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ and every week! We'd love to hear from you if you've done anything special to celebrate โ€“ please get in touch!

It's World Immunization Week!

Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives since 1974 โ€” not by accident, but because ordinary people made the decision to protect themselves, their children and one another.

Thatโ€™s 6 lives every minute, every day, for more than 5 decades. Vaccines work!

Your decision makes a difference. Get vaccinated.

Pharmacies can get involved this ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ by:- Promoting immunisation messages in your pharmacy and onlin...
24/04/2026

Pharmacies can get involved this ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ by:
- Promoting immunisation messages in your pharmacy and online.
- Starting conversations with patients and whฤnau.
- Checking immunisation status and encouraging uptake.

Thereโ€™s a lot happening โ€“ come along to our next members-only webinar, Tuesday 28 April at 6.30pm, to hear updates on th...
23/04/2026

Thereโ€™s a lot happening โ€“ come along to our next members-only webinar, Tuesday 28 April at 6.30pm, to hear updates on the national annual agreement review and pharmacy ownership. See Guild InTouch for RSVP details.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ- Read the Ministers announcement at bit.ly/mi...
15/04/2026

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
- Read the Ministers announcement at bit.ly/ministers-announcement
- Read the Guildโ€™s media release at bit.ly/Guild-release

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ:
- The service will be nationally consistent
- Pharmacies will be paid to provide the service, with medicine cost funded
- Pharmacies will not have to provide the service
- Details are being finalised โ€“ we will share more info once confirmed
- Pharmac are consulting on needed Schedule changes โ€“ respond at bit.ly/Pharmac-proposal
- Contact us with any questions

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