Greetings to All, With a very successful AGM behind us and the ‘Patient Safety Week’ haven taken place early November we have much to focus on going through to 2018. This Newsletter is to inform you on key news and upcoming plans. We would like to encourage you to regularly visit the CCPG website: www.ccpg.org.nz for day-to-day updates. Please click on attachment to read our CCPG December newsletter.

On 7th December this year we also farewell Anita – CCPG’s Administrator and Coordinator. Anita does not head off too far – she takes on a role as Senior Administrator with the 24Hours Surgery. Her new role is a permanent one and we wish her success in this next journey. Anita has been the cheerful voice at the end of the phone when you’ve called CCPG, welcomed you when you visited, organised all our meetings, taken care of you and all of us. The systems CCPG has in place to manage invoice...

You may already be aware that New Zealand is in the early stages of a national outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis). Babies aged up to one are particularly vulnerable to whooping cough. They often catch it from older siblings, parents, or other family members. It’s important to raise awareness of timely immunisations as a crucial way for parents/whānau and pregnant women to protect their babies and children against whooping cough. Babies are at greatest risk when they are very young. When...

You may already be aware that New Zealand is in the early stages of a national outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis). Babies aged up to one are particularly vulnerable to whooping cough. They often catch it from older siblings, parents, or other family members. It’s important to raise awareness of timely immunisations as a crucial way for parents/whānau and pregnant women to protect their babies and children against whooping cough. Babies are at greatest risk when they are very young. When...

World Pharmacists Day As designated by the FIP Council several years ago at the FIP Congress in Istanbul, 25 September marks the annual World Pharmacists Day. FIP encourages the world's pharmacists to use this day to organise activities that promote and advocate for the role of the pharmacist in improving health in every corner of the world. Here is a guide for member organisations on how to prepare for World Pharmacists Day World Pharmacists Day 2017 “From research to health care: Your...