MEPS is hosting its first webinar on the topic of Emergency Legislation for Use in Disaster Situations. 30 November 2016, 2.00PM - 3.00PM CET Panellist: Dr Regis Vaillancourt (Past President of MEPS, Director of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada)

Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback by 5.00pm, 4 January 2017 on the Council's proposed Annual Practising Certificate Fee for the 2017/18 practising year. The consultation document is available here.Responses can be sent to consultation@pharmacycouncil.org.nz 

Shout out to all our MUR PharamacistsWe have received 25 MUR Consultations this week, with 22 of them in the patients home.:) Great news and use of this service to enhance patient care

 CANTERBURY PRIMARY RESPONSE GROUP UPDATE MONDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2016 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PHARMACISTS PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE IN YOUR PHARMACY TEAMEarthquake Event on 14 November 2016In the wake of the Kaikoura earthquake ("the earthquake") the Ministry of Health is implementing a mechanism to enable pharmacies located in the Canterbury DHB region to dispense 30 day emergency supplies of prescription medicines (without requiring a prescription) to all people from the earthquake a...

Well....what a week. Firstly, we are all safe and sound. None of the team or our families were injured. Our homes are in quite a range of conditions, but we are all ok, and that's the thing that matters most. The pharmacy sustained no structural damage that is evident thus far. We were lucky. Several neighboring buildings are red stickered. I managed to get access with a Fire Service escort 10 hours after the quake and grabbed 2 shopping bags of emergency meds to take the the hospital, which was...