Information for…
Patients
Questions and answers: for patients
My medicine has changed: some specific changes to brands and funded medicines
Medicines information: making the best use of medicines
Health topics: using medicines in asthma, diabetes, gout, flu and to stop smoking
Prescribers
Special Authority forms: get targeted medicines for patients who meet the criteria
Further your education:
- Goodfellow Unit: Supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
- BPACnz: supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
- PHARMAC Seminars: Small workshop style continuing medical education (with CME credits) for health professionals.
Pharmacists
Enquiries: questions people are asking us now
Sign up to receive PHARMAC consultations, notifications and tender updates(external link)
Questions and answers for pharmacists: practical information especially for pharmacists
Notifications: decisions about funded pharmaceuticals
Further your education:
- Goodfellow Unit: Supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
- BPACnz: supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
- PHARMAC Seminars: Small workshop style continuing medical education (with CME credits) for health professionals.
Pharmaceutical Schedule
District Health Boards (DHBs)
About hospital pharmaceuticals
About hospital medical devices
Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule (hospital medicines and devices)
Relationship and accountability documents
Pharmaceutical suppliers
Annual Procurement Plan: expected procurements for the next 12 months
Application tracker: follow the progress of applications for listing(external link)
Tenders: the annual tender for a range of off-patent pharmaceuticals
RFPs: current requests for proposals, usually for specific pharmaceuticals
Future contract opportunities: annual procurement plan for pharmaceuticals and devices
Labelling preferences: we prefer that medicines are labelled like this
Suppliers of hospital medical devices
PHARMAC's approach: what we're doing with hospital medical devices
Addendum for medical devices: list of hospital medical devices under PHARMAC-negotiated contracts
Wiki Haumaru Tūroro | Patient Safety Week | 3–9 November 2019
The topic for Wiki Haumaru Tūroro | Patient Safety Week 2019 is 'Understanding implicit bias in health care'. The Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand has developed three modules to help us all examine our bias.
