Pharmacy of the Year 2017

Congratulations to Waimauku Village Pharmacy for winning the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand Community Pharmacy of the Year (POTY) award at the 2017 Pharmacy Awards held last Saturday night.

This year’s awards ceremony was held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland and saw approximately 300 pharmacists and pharmacy stakeholders from around the country attend the event.

Runner up was Vercoe Road Pharmacy “who is also delivering an outstanding service to their community”, Guild chief executive, Andrew Gaudin said.

Other winners and runners up included:

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Professional Service of the Year

• Winner: Diana Phone, Rebecca Lawn, Katy Boulton – Ko Awatea
• Runner-up: Sandhaya Bhawan – Te Awakairangi Health Network

Innovation in Delivering People Centred Care and Advice

• Winner: Diana Phone and team – Waimauku Village Pharmacy
• Runner-up: Clare Hynd – MidCentral Community Pharmacy Group

Best Complementary Healthcare Campaign

• Winner: Mark Webster – Stay Well Pharmacy
• Runner-up: Emily Bing, Lesley Lai, Ashley Neoh – The Auckland City Pharmacy

Te Hapai Hauora Award

• Winner: Ian McMichael, Sam Martin, Joyce Maipi – Huntly West Pharmacy and Pharmacy 547
• Runner-up: Teei Kaiaruna, Angelica Jones, Robert Haua and Trudi Aspden – University of Auckland

Supplier Of The Year

• Winner: The Green Cross Health Academy & Full Potential Ltd
• Runner-up: Dr Alesha Smith – Inquisit Ltd

Click here to view the full list of all winners and runners-up for all awards.

Source: pharmacydaily.com.au & www.pgnz.org.nz/media-and-submissions/media-releases, Wednesday 26 July 2017