NZ Pharmacy Action Plan
June 10, 2016
The Pharmacy Guild of New
Zealand has welcomed the
Ministry of Health’s release of the
Pharmacy Action Plan which is
intended to address the need to
provide “sustainable, high quality
pharmacy services in an evolving
environment”.
The Plan emphasises the
importance of taking an integrated,
coherent approach so that all
stakeholders are clear on the role
they have to play in making its
vision of the future into a reality,
said Minister Jonathan Coleman.
“There is general agreement
that we face complex challenges
that make it more difficult to use
pharmacists’ skills more effectively,”
he said.
“However, there is also
confidence that we can work
together to address these
challenges, using the very real
strengths of our system and the
experience and skills that everyone
brings to their roles.”
The Action Plan is structured
around four ‘focus areas’ and four
‘tools for change’, each of which
contains a set of specific actions.
“Consultation feedback
agreed that each action should
have an organisation or group
of stakeholders with lead
accountability for it, while also
understanding that all would need
to play their part for each action to
succeed,” Coleman added.
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