NZ allows technicians to check scripts
May 12, 2016
NEW Zealand pharmacies will
now be able to employ Pharmacy
Accuracy Checking Technicians
(PACTs) to carry out the final check
on a dispensed item, part of a
process which currently sits with a
pharmacist.
New Zealand Minister for Health,
Jonathan Coleman, said the new
technician role will enhance the
standing and job satisfaction of the
technicians’ already important role.
“Pharmacists play an important
part in helping to deliver faster
more convenient healthcare,” said
Coleman.
“Many New Zealanders already
benefit from the advice and care of
their pharmacist.
“In order to help pharmacists
spend more time with patients
a new technician role has been
developed.”
The introduction of the new
role follows a successful pilot in
2015 run by the Pharmaceutical
Society of NZ on behalf of Health
Workforce New Zealand.
PSNZ ceo Richard Townley said
PACTs are set to reshape the
pharmacy workforce, with the
evaluation of last year’s trial finding
a “fantastic” impact on quality and
patient centred services.
The Society is managing the
national rollout and training for
PACTs via its College Education
and Training arm, with training to
commence later in 2016.
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