What we do

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is a voluntary membership organisation providing support and services to community pharmacy owners. We are committed to ensuring members realise their professional and financial potential in today’s challenging business environment.

The Guild provides leadership on all issues facing the community pharmacy sector, including:

representing members in funding and contract discussions
lobbying politicians and decision-makers to improve the position of community pharmacy
advocating for community pharmacy with Te Whatu Ora and health officials
raising the profile of community pharmacy in the media and promoting the value of community pharmacy to the public.

We provide our members with a range of resources and support, including access to audit and HR tools and advice, regular publications and updates, practice resources, and marketing material. See our Join page for a full list of member-only resources.

Pharmacode

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Guild developed Pharmacode® to enable all pharmacies to purchase items from New Zealand pharmaceutical suppliers using a unique product identifier. Barcoded Pharmacode identifiers were used for stock management, while ordering systems using PDE machines enabled automatic transmission of orders to wholesalers.

The proven benefits of Pharmacode identifiers led to it being adopted by Pharmac within their electronic Pharmaceutical Schedule and by Health Benefits Ltd for the reimbursement of subsidies.

Pharmacode is an SQL database managed by the Guild, hosted remotely on secure servers and backed-up daily. Each individual item and variation is given a unique Pharmacode identifier. A Pharmacode identifier cannot be used for any other item other than the item recorded in our database.

Suppliers must submit a Pharmacode order form to have their items included in the Pharmacode database. The supplier must ensure the details they submit to the Guild are accurate and truthful - suppliers are also required to inform the Guild of any updates to the statuses of items in the Pharmacode database.

Pharmacode is a registered trademark of the Guild and is administered by PSL on behalf of the Guild. If you have any requires or require any further information please contact info@pharmacode.co.nz

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PSL - Our trading arm

Pharmaceutical Services Limited (PSL) was established in 1957 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pharmacy Guild.

PSL aim to provide pharmacies with a comprehensive range of consumables and equipment, allowing them to run more productively and efficiently.

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Pharmacy Guild gift vouchers

To redeem Pharmacy Guild gift vouchers, download the redemption form below.

While PSL stopped issuing gift vouchers in August 2019, they continue to redeem existing gift vouchers already in the market. This means pharmacies can continue to accept gift vouchers from customers.

Please contact PSL on 0800 775 725 if you have any questions.

Download form to redeem