View the 2022 Pinnacle nurse education Zoom recordings covering medicine management, standing orders, immunisations and more. This page will be updated as recordings become available. These sessions can be used for staff update/training meetings and new staff orientation packages if standing orders are relevant to the role.

NZePS provides a secure messaging channel for prescribing and dispensing systems to exchange prescription information electronically. It enables a prescription to be generated by the prescriber, transmitted to the NZePS health information exchange broker, and downloaded electronically at a community pharmacy.

PHARMAC requires special authority numbers for some medications to be renewed after a period of time (every 12 months for antipsychotic depot injections risperidone, olanzapine, paliperidone and every 24 months for methylphenidate and dexamphetamine.)

The PEP Talk in July 2020 on polypharmacy challenged us to identify actions we would take to help reduce the burden of medications on our populations.

ACC, the Ministry of Health, the Health Quality & Safety Commission and Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome New Zealand (FACS NZ) are encouraging health professionals to discuss the benefits and risks of taking antiepileptic medicine during pregnancy with their female patients who are sexually active. Much of the harm can occur in early stages of pregnancy, before women are even aware they're pregnant.