Registration NOW OPEN - Technician SIG event 15 March 2025
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2 new NZHPA Special Interest Networks (SINs)
We are very excited to announce that we have 2 new Special Interest Networks - these are free to join, and each of these will have their own chatgroup for the members. To join either or both of them please email Lisa on nzhpa@nzhpa.org.nz to ask her to add it to your NZHPA membership.
NZHPA Pharmacist Prescribers SIN
Co-ordinators Heena Solanki and Nik Orozov
Environmental Sustainability SIN
Co-ordinators Debbie Clarke and Mary Young
See this link for a list of all of our 11 Special Interest Networks which are all free for our members to join!!
NZHPA 2024 Conference Awards
conf awards
First Trans-Tasman hospital pharmacy partnership between NZHPA and SHPA
Professional collaboration and the advancement of practice in Australian and New Zealand pharmacy is a step closer today after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) and the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA).
Pictured: SHPA President Tom Simpson with NZHPA President Sian Dawson at signing of MoU in Auckland
Mr Simpson says the agreement signals a new era of closer cooperation between the two esteemed organisations.
‘Over a combined 150-year history, SHPA and NZHPA have passionately advocated for and supported pharmacists and technicians providing care for Australians and New Zealanders, forging a myriad of informal connections in the process.
‘As part of our Transformation 2024 agenda, we’re proud to put pen to paper today and take the partnership to the next level, which will include access to our upcoming professional recognition program and broader access to existing and new membership benefits for practitioners on both sides of the Tasman.’
Ms Dawson says the MoU will benefit NZHPA members in many ways.
‘We’re thrilled to forge closer ties with our Australian counterparts.
‘This is much more than a gesture of cooperation. This MoU will facilitate direct collaboration, networking and information-sharing between Australian and New Zealand pharmacists and technicians through expanded SHPA membership options next year.
‘A broader “knowledge pool” spanning our two countries has been sought for a long time and we look forward to working together to make it happen, supporting our practitioners and advancing patient care in both countries.’