Hospital Pharmaceuticals Advisory Committee (HPAC)
Role
PHARMAC now has responsibility for managing expenditure on hospital pharmaceuticals, under its National Hospital Pharmaceutical Strategy (64 pages, 172 KB). The Hospital Pharmaceuticals Advisory Committee (HPAC) has been established to provide advice on this process. The committee is made up of District Health Board (DHB) pharmacy managers and funding and purchasing managers from a range of DHB, and meets on a regular basis.
HPAC Members
Chairman
- Ian Winwood (Coordinator of Pharmacy Services, Southland)
Committee Members
- Paul Barrett (Pharmacy Services Manager, Canterbury DHB)
- Sarah Fitt (Pharmacy manager, Auckland DHB)
- Jan Goddard (Manager, Pharmacy Services, Waikato DHB)
- Neil Aitcheson (Materials Manager, MidCentral DHB)
- Richard Bridge (Pharmacy Manager, Hutt Valley DHB)
- Melissa Witbrock (Unit Manager, Pharmacy, Otago DHB)
Page updated on 20 Mar 2008
Linked documents
National Hospital Pharmaceutical Strategy (64 pages, 172 KB)
National Hospital Pharmaceutical Strategy Final Version Pharmaceutical Management Agency 1 February 2002 M16-3-8 #61114 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Current Market Overview 2.1 Current purchasing arrangements 2.2 Range of pharmaceuticals purchased 2.3 Data collection and analysis…
