Members of CCPG, Marwan Dikhil - Eastern Pharmacy Aranui, Robyn Thew - Burwood Pharmacy and Robyn Harris - The Pharmacy @ Opawa supported CCPG in manning the stand at the CRS under 5's & Parents Expo! held in Aranui on 30th June 2017. We received positive feedback from visitors to the Exp. Here is some feedback from our members and if you would like to support/attend future expo's please get in touch! Thanks Marwan, Robyn & her daughter and Robyn Harris.

Pharmacies do not get paid for collecting used medicines and sharps but there is no cost for the disposal of them as the CDHB are now funding San-i-pak to collect them from pharmacies. Pharmacies can choose to participate in this initiative or not. For general medicines the disposal of one yellow bag full each month has been in place for some time. However there is now no limit (as long as it is reasonable) on how many yellow bags can be collected from San-i-pak In regard to th...

At the recent CCPG Board meeting, held on 26th May 2017, Simon Church stepped down as Board Chair. Simon will remain on the Board. Maria Morley-Bunker (McIntyre) was nominated and elected as the new Chair. Maria is well known amongst all of you. She is a passionate community pharmacist and co-owner at Unichem Bishopdale Pharmacy. Maria brings together many talents: clinical pharmacist, mentor, community pharmacist with an owner’s perspective, mother, wife and friend. We look forward to movin...

148 Medicines Use Reviews done in May! Its great that we are continuing to provide a valuable service to our community and supporting our healthcare professionals. 106 MUR in the patients home and 42 MUR were done in the Pharmacy. Great results ! Thanks and have a great weekend

On Wednesday 17 May, Kathryn Snook, CCPG Mobile Pharmacist attended the Ashburton Community based Expo presenting the Medication Management Service. The feedback received by visitors were positive which also resulted in 10 Medication use Reviews arranged. In addition, we received high interest in smoking cessation. Through this, we are building a stronger relationship with the local Ashburton Te Ha Waitaha - Stop Smoking Canterbury programme. The opportunity was taken to visit other stallhold...