Cooking Classes for older adults - Enrolling now for Term 3, 2017 Gain skills, confidence and motivation around cooking for one or two. In this FREE 8-week cooking course for people over 65, living alone or with one other person. You will:  Learn about nutrition for older adults, menu planning, budgeting, shopping tips and more.  Cook a meal in pairs using your free recipe book - “Cooking for Older People - Easy Recipes for One or Two”  Share a meal with new friends. Read more Partic...

 2017 Annual Influenza Immunisation Programme Fact Sheet To: Pharmacist vaccinatorsExpansion of access to the funded influenza vaccine from 1 April 2017PHARMAC is changing the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 April 2017 to enable pharmacist vaccinators to provide funded influenza vaccine to: Individuals aged 65 years and over  Pregnant women. Ensuring greater access to influenza vaccine will increase uptake among eligible individuals, especially for those who have difficulty a...

Congratulations to Gareth Frew, Clinical Leader for Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group (CCPG), who has been appointed by the Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) to the Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group (MSEAG). The purpose of the MSEAG is to provide independent clinical and/or technical advice to the HQSC's medication safety programme team and to also work actively in the sector to improve the safety and quality of medicines management in New Zealand.This appointment is great reco...

Congratulations to Gareth Frew, Clinical Leader for Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group (CCPG), who has been appointed by the Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) to the Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group (MSEAG). The purpose of the MSEAG is to provide independent clinical and/or technical advice to the HQSC's medication safety programme team and to also work actively in the sector to improve the safety and quality of medicines management in New Zealand.This appointment is great reco...

Awesome News - 42 Medication Use Reviews in our community this week! We continue to provide this service offering further patient care. Have a great weekend!