Audits

Reporter Anna Lee talks to pharmacy auditor Tony Cox about his work and how auditors are trying to help, not hinder, pharmacists

It’s been a turbulent year for Medsafe, as latest figures show the authority conducted 108 audits on pharmacies across New Zealand before the global pandemic quickly derailed almost all pharmacy audits for months  

Reporter Anna Lee talks to pharmacy auditor Tony Cox about his work and how auditors are trying to help, not hinder, pharmacists

Kaikoura Pharmacy owner David McKee is “losing the will to cooperate” after a Medsafe pharmacy auditor allegedly ordered the disposal of about 85,000 labels following a routine audit.  

Medsafe has announced site audits under the Pharmacy Quality Audit Programme Framework will restart on Monday, 13 July 

Audit performance is continuing to improve, Medsafe’s latest figures show, but full compliance remains below 50 per cent

Since it was first piloted in Auckland in 2017, Medsafe’s new unannounced pharmacy auditing programme has been a bone of contention for pharmacists

The latest pharmacy audit results show some improvement but Medsafe says it is still observing a lower standard of practice than expected

The Pharmaceutical Society is working on a quality improvement programme, with a 10-point plan for pharmacists over three years, writes Miranda Cook

A former medicines control auditor believes the organisation made the wrong decision when it approved auditors to conduct unannounced audits of pharmacies at any time of day