Pharmacist Data & Budget

I write in response to your Official Information Act request received by us 23 July 2020 requesting the following information:

APEX requests the data and/or information held by your District Health Board, with regards to Pharmacy Assistants, Trainee Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians, Intern Pharmacists, and Pharmacists. Could you please provide the following information:

We require:

• The actual number of Pharmacists – i.e. headcount.
• The actual number of Pharmacy Technicians – i.e. headcount
• The actual number of Pharmacy Assistants – i.e. headcount
• The number of employees, broken down into Pharmacists, Technicians, and Assistants on each salary step
• For continuing professional development for DHB employed pharmacy staff:
  • Total budget for 2018 and 2019 financial years
  • Total spend for 2018 and 2019 financial years
  • A breakdown of spend on training for qualifications including technicians level 5 and 6, pharmacist prescriber and postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy.
  • Spend on all other professional development

Files

• OIA23072020 TAIRUA APEX Pharmacist Data and Other Redacted