Health professionals, associations, academics and consumers have been pushing for decades to ban DTCA-PM. We need to act now, but to get it across the line, the Minister and the Government need to know they have your full support. Please sign our open letter to Minister Verrall.
E te Minita, tēnā koe,
For decades, doctors have been concerned that Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines (DTCA-PM) presents a biased, overly optimistic picture of advertised medicines and prompts patients to request treatments they do not need.
Health practitioners, health professional associations and consumers have continued to call for the practice to be banned in Aotearoa New Zealand, stating that the health claims in DTCA-PM are often unsubstantiated and based on weak evidence; in its most basic form, the priority of advertising is sales and profits; and the triangulation and imbalance of power between the industry, prescribers, and patients places the latter at a distinct disadvantage.
They are:
- DTCA-PM is prohibited almost everywhere else in the OECD
- DTCA-PM is inconsistent with efforts to improve New Zealanders health literacy
- DTCA-PM targets the most vulnerable
- DTCA-PM leads to increased costs for the health system
- DTCA-PM leads to inappropriate prescribing and over-treatment
- DTCA-PM leads to iatrogenic harm
- DTCA-PM puts the doctor-patient relationship at risk.
- DTCA-PM regulation options are flawed
- DTCA-PM does not provide patients with useful information
- DTCA-PM perpetuates power imbalance in pharmaceutical companies favour
DTCA-PM benefits those who can derive a profit from its existence: the pharmaceutical industry, the advertising industry, and pharmacy businesses.
Ultimately, removing DTCA-PM would free up our overstretched medical professionals by thousands of hours a year – hours that would be much better spent helping sick Kiwis get better. Right now, we estimate New Zealand’s doctors spend around 48,000 hours a year dealing with queries that come up only because of this advertising.
Amongst developed nations, New Zealand and the United States are the only countries that allow this sort of advertising. Banning direct to consumer advertising will bring New Zealand into line with international partners and reduce stress on our health system.
DTCA-PM is often predatory and puts profit ahead of the safety of patients and the expertise of medical professionals. The best person to give patients advice about which treatment is right for them is their health professional – not an advertising campaign whose interest is to push up sales volume.
Prohibiting DTCA-PM is a simple legislative change that will have a profound impact on patients, and free up time for health professionals to look after sick people. There is a consensus view across doctors, across health, across academia, and the opportunity for bipartisanship across political parties, that we need to act now.
We’ve missed many opportunities as a country to fix this and make the Medicines Act fit for purpose. I urge you not to miss the opportunity in front of you.
Ngā mihi,
The Council of Medical Colleges, and the undersigned.
Sign our open letter to show your support
Organisations
Signatories
Sarah Dalton
Executive Director, ASMS
Dr Julian Vyas
President, ASMS
Professor Murray Barclay
Immediate past president, ASMS
Dr Helen Davis
Specialist GP, GP Liaison
Dr Janine Close
General Practitioner
Professor Les Toop
Professor, University of Otago
Esther Munro
Executive Director, CMC
Dr Buzz Burrell
GP and Pain Medical Officer
Dr Erna Meyer
Anesthetist, Whangarei Hospital
Dr Ben Hudson
Head of Department - University of Otago Christchurch
Dr Sarah Marr
General Practitioner
Dr Nina Molteno
General Practitioner
Dr Pleayo Tovaranonte
Medical Practitioner
Dr Marcia Walker
General Practitioner
Dr Shona Roberts
General Practitioner
Dr Andrew Robinson
Consultant Anaesthetist, Rotorua
Dr Marcus Hawkins
General Practitioner
Dr Helen Pike
General Practitioner Blenheim
Dr Sally Talbot
General Practitioner
Dr Mark Taylor
Clinical Lead of Primary and Integrated Care Te Whatu Ora Waikato
Dr Douglas Rolland
General Practitioner
Dr Samantha Murton
General Practitioner, President RNZCGP, Chair CMC
Robin Wilson
Registered Nurse
Dr Margriet Dijkstra
General Practitioner
Dr Lucas Fern
General Practitioner
Dr Lynn McBain
Head of Department, PHC&GP, University Of Otago Wellington
Dr Ben Seers
General Practitioner
Dr Jackie Kamerbeek
General Practitioner
Dr Daniel Calder
Clinical Director, East Health Trust PHO
Dr Helen Miller
General Practitioner, Raumanga medical centre
Dr Jack Wharton
General Practitioner
Dr Ari Pfeiffenberger
General Practitioner
Dr Colin Chin
General Practitioner
Dr Diana Good
General Practitioner, Eden Epsom Medical Centre
Dr Landi Cranstoun
Dr Cheyenne Heka
Doctor
Nicole Harrison
Registered Nurse
Dr Ciaran Edwards
General Practitioners
Dr Monica Liva
General Practitioner
Dr Beth Walsh
General Practitioner
Dr Sandy Barr
Dr Mark Taylor
Clinical Lead Primary and Integrated Care
Dr Mary McWatters
General Practitioner
Geoffrey Sayer
CEO - Medtech Global
Dr Christine Coulter
GP Director - Teammedical
Dr Elvina Yung
General Practitioner
Dr Fiona MacLean
General Practitioner
Dr Felicity Smith
General Practitioner
Dr Jo Muir
General Practitioner
Prof Dee Mangin
Professor, University of Otago
Dr Mary Hung
General Practitioner, Tend Pakuranga Medical Centre
Dr Tessa Gallivan
General Practitioner
Dr Kim Williams
General Practitioner
Dr Thomas Masters
General Practitioner
Dr Madeline Gee
General Practitioner
Dr Vicki Robertson
Gynaecologist
Dr Kirsten Tucker
General Practitioner
Dr Mariam Parwaiz
Public Health Physician
Kathleen Murphy
Registered Nurse, Linwood Medical Centre
Dr Angela Glew
General Practitioner
Dr Fiona Bolden
General Practitioner
Pamela van den Berg
Anaesthetist
Dr Elvira De Jong
General Practitioner
Donna Lahood
GP Owner, Elstree Ave Family Doctors
Dr Chelsea Harris
GP Registrar
Atalie Colman
Dr Amanda Clarke
General Practitioner
Dr GIllian Twinem
Emergency Physician
Anna Davidson
Nurse Practitioner, Tend Health
Yvonne Denny
Nurse Manager, Nurse Prescriber - Linwood Medical Centre
Dr Bronwyn Graham
Specialist GP, Diamond Harbour Medical
Elizabeth Cook
Registered Nurse
Dr Tim Chiari
General Practitioner, Poutiri
Dr Aimee Hawker
General Practitioner
Dr Justine Lancaster
GP & Clinical lead national health pathways
Dr Scott Cameron
GP, Wairau Community Clinic
Peter Davis
Emeritus Professor in Population Health and Social Science
Dr Courenay White
General practitioner
Dr Joel Lexchin
Professor Emeritus, University Health Network, Canada
Dr Kirsten Pearce
Radiologist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Pleayo Tovaranonte
GP/ Medico-legal Consultant, Doctors on Cashel
Dr Ian Currie
Doctor, Ferry Rd Medical Centre
Helen O'Neill
General Practitioner
Hilary Baird
Public Health Registrar
Dr Iona Bailey
General Practitioner
Prof Tony Dowell
Professor of Primary Care and General Practice
Dr Luke Bradford
General Practitioner/Medical Director
Dr Claire Isham
General Practitioner
Jon Duffy
CEO - Consumer NZ
Dr Scott Rieper
General Practitioner
Rob Campbell
Dr Susan Foot
General Practitioner
Dr Werner Pohl
GP and UC Specialist
Dr Jeremy McMinn
Te Whatu Ora
Professor Barbara Mintzes
Professor of Evidence-Based Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sidney
Wilbert Bannenberg
Chair, Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation
Dave Letele
Founder, BBM Motivation
Dr Olivia Tan
General Practitioner
Ellen t' Hoen
Director, Medicines Law & Policy
Dr Jo Lambert
CEO, Stroke Foundation New Zealand
Beverley Snell
Health Action International Asia Pacific
Dr Whitney Davis
GP/IBCLC, Poutiri Trust
Dr Kim Pasley
General Practice medical educator, University of Otago
Dr Joseph Scott-Jones
Clinical Director, Pinnacle
Dr Denise Porter
Specialist General Practitioner, Hillcrest Medical Centre
Dr Teresa Copsey
General Practitioner, Kaiapoi Family Doctors
Dr Kerryn Lum
Specialist General Practitioner, RNZCGP
Dr Jon Jureidini
Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Adelaide
Professor Janice Graham
Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University
Professor Rod Jackson
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Auckland
Dr Anthony Smit
GP, Papanui Medical Centre
Luis Carlos Saiz
Researcher, Navarre Health Service, Pamplona, Spain
Adrian Pokorny
Medical oncologist, Central Australia Health Service
Dr Ruth Cameron
General Practitioner
Alice Fabbri
Lecturer, University of Bath
Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni
Senior global health policy advisor, People Vaccine Alliance
Dr Haleh Bagheri
Pharmacologist, Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse-France Toulouse University Hospital
Dr Douglas Roland
FRNZCGP, Queenstown Medical Centre
Dr Ruth Spearing
Haematologist (Retired)
Dr Ron Manulevu
General Practitioner, Primary Care
Nina Molteno
General Practitioner and Senior Professional Practice Fellow, University of Otago
Helen Clark
Public health advocate, Former Prime Minister and Health Minister
Luca Laboli
Physician, Farmaco-logico! , NoGrazie (Italian No Free Lunch Group: www.nograzie.eu)
Elaine Pooler
Specialist General Practitioner
Irina Kazaryan
Chairperson, Drug Utilization Research Group NGO, Armenia
Peronato Giovanni
MD
Maurizio Bonati
Editor, Ricerca & Pratica
David Phizackerley
Deputy Editor, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, UK
Paolo Moretti
Nuria Homedes
Executive Director, Salud y Farmacos
Katherine Fierlbeck
Professor, Dalhousie University
Elia Abi-Jaoude
Psychiatrist
Leemon McHenry
Professor Emeritus, California State University
Paolo Vercellini
Professor of Gynaecology, University of Milan, Italy
Jeanne Lenzer
Florian Naudet
Professor of Therapeutics, CHU de Rennes, France
Kim Witczak
Co-Founder, Woodymatters- US Drug Safety Advocacy Org
Allyson Pollock
Clinical Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
Rita Kessler
ISDB President, International Society of Drug Bulletins
Carl Elliott
Professor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Peter Maybarduk
Access to Medicines Director at Public Citizen
Arthur Schafer
Founding Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
Jim Gottstein
President, Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights)
Dr Michelle Snape
Clinical editor, health pathways , Emergency Medicine specialist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Maggie Hack
GP, RNZCGP
Ruth Macklin
Dr David Grant
GP
Vincent Schmitt
Dr Simon Peck
Retired doctor/ advisor to technology company
Dr Steve Taylor
GP
Prof. John Yudkin
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University College London
Dr Peter Robinson
Doctor
Juliet Wells
Practice Nurse, Farm Street Family Health Centre
Jax Lucas
Practice Manager, Te Puna Doctors
Mary Ballantyne
GP, Te Awamutu Medical Centre
Brooke Vosper
General Practitioner
Bruce Arroll
Professor of General Practice, University of Auckland
Boyd Swinburn
Professor, University of Auckland
Ibrahim Al-Busaidi
Lecturer, Otago University, Christchurch
David Menkes
Academic Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine
Mary Trimber
General Practitioner
Ngaire Kerse
Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well
John Abramsor
Lecturer in Dept. of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 2008-2023
Lindsay Sorem
Peter Gøtzsche
Director, Institute for Scientific Freedom
Jocelyn Wood
GP, Nelson East Medical Centre
Laura Davidson
Cardiologist, Wairarapa Hospital
Amar Jesani
Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Nigel Yeoh
General Practitioner
David Skegg
Emeritus Professor, University of Otago
Annim Mohammed
Pharmacist Academic
James Cave
Editor-in-Chief, Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin
Emma Stanley
GP, Epic Health Medical Practice
Rozanna Latif
General Practitioner
Robert Scragg
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Graham McGeoch
Medical Director, Better Health Ltd
Tania Stokes
GP, Fifth Avenue Family Practice
Samantha Dunnet
General Practitioner
Lisa Borgman
General Practitioner, Ferry Road Medical Centre
Anita Page
General Practitioner
Juan Gervas
Coordinator, Equipo Cesca
Charlotte Cooper
General Practitioner, Ferry Road Medical
Mary Irvine
General Practitioner, Merivale Medical Practice
Carolyn Green
Researcher, Therapeutics Initiative
Jessia Otte
Member/Clinical Associate Professor/Family Physician, The University of British Columbia Therapeutics Initiative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Paul Alsop
Doctor
Andrew Hornblow
Emeritus Professor, University of Otago Christchurch
Ken Bassett
Co-Manager, Therapeutics Initiative, University of British Columbia
Natalie Bushaw
Consumer
Paul Kovach
Viv van Dam
General Practitioner
Aileen Elborough
General Practitioner, Pukekohe Family Health Care
Mathhew Barns
General Practitioner
Jo Quigley
GP Registrar
Catherine King
Helen Allen
Obstetrician
Catherine Hurd
General Practitioner
Padmanathan Kuhan
General Practitioner
Iona Heath
Sally Talbot
General Practitioner
Li Ling Ho
Sue Domanski
Collin Tukuitonga
Associate Dean Pacific, University of Auckland
Anna Moor
Medical Officer Urgent Care, Pegasus
Catherine Shipman
Karen Dickinson
Dr Hannah Walker
General Practitioner
Sarah Mills
Paediatrician, TWO - Hutt Valley
Dr Geetha Cox
General Practitioner, Island Bay Medical Centre
Dr Grahame Jelley
General Practitioner contractor, JelleyCo Ltd
Helen Fisher
GP, Te Kuiti Medical Center, Te Kuiti
Matthew Doogue
A/Prof - Medicine, Clinical Director - Clinical Pharmacology, NZ secretary, Clinical Section Vice Chair, University of Otago, Te Whatu Ora, ASCEPT, IUPHAR
Duncan Yorkston
Pharmacist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Saman Moeed
Medical Practitioner
Dr Vidyaliny Yugaraja
GP registrar, RNZCGP
Dr Debbie Harrison
GP, Toi Toi Medical
Trevor FitzJohn
Retired radiologist
Robin Briant
Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Dr Pieter De Witte
GP, Barrington Medical Centre
Ms Alison Eddy
Chief Executive, New Zealand College of Midwives
Dr Joseph Lau
Dr Annabel White
GP, Barrington Medical Centre
Dr Jill Devlin
Dr Srimala Kumarapaapillai
GP, Barrington Medical Centre
Dr Elizabeth Roberts
Pathologist, Awanui Labs, RCPA Vice President New Zealand, chair of the NZ committee of the RCPA
Dr Lynn Marie Weekes
Chair, International Society to Improve the Use of Medicines
Dr Jenny Keightley
President, New Zealand College of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Ms Heather Verry
CEO, Diabetes New Zealand
Ms Louisa Erickson
Operations Manager, Te Pou Oranga o Whakatohea
Dr Colin Jones
GP, The Hastings Health Centre
Mr Adrian Metcalfe
General Manager, RNZCUC
Dr Lutz Beckert
Respiratory Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Margaret Chevasse
GP, Otumoetai Health Centre
Dr Jocelyn Bloomfield
Partner, Otumoetai Doctors Ltd, Tauranga
Dr Miriam Hurst
SMO, Te Toka Tumai
Dr Kirsten Cameron
General Practitioner
Dr Alana Ainsworth
Paediatrician
Dr Esther Woolston
Dr Claire Jackson
GP, Plimmer Steps Medical Centre
Dr Maryam Mussa
Paediatrician
Dr Nicola van der Hulst
General Practitioner
Dr Amanda Lyver
Paediatric Oncologist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Jonathon Kuttner
Semi retired Musculoskeletal Specialist
Dr Rosie Grant
GP Registrar, RNZCGP
Dr Joanne Paver
Anaesthetist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Ashley Hooper
GP, Mansfield Health Practice
Dr Johanne Egan
Emergency Medicine SMO, Te Whatu Ora Waitematā
Dr Louisa Stone
Dr Rachel Johnson
Adolescent Health Specialist, Te Whatu Ora Health Nz Counties Manukau
Dr Kirsty Wood
Medical Registrar, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Michael Piers Anderson
Dr Nichola Rennie
General Practitioner
Dr Julie Taylor
General Practitioner, RNZCGP
Dr Felicity Williams
GP Registrar, Tukituki Medical Centre
Dr Lisa Kennedy
GP, Omokoroa Medical Centre
Dr Rebecca Smith
Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist
Dr Laura Joyce
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Alice Reid
Medical Registrar, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Anna Elinder
Dr Natalie Olds
Paediatric Registrar, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Rosalie Evans
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist and Specialist General Practitioner
Dr Janine Ryland
Health Partner - Public Health Physician, ACC
Dr Danielle Thomson
Registrar
Dr Anna Ryan
General Practitioner
Dr Balsam Al-Zurfi
Janine Stevens
Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora MidCentral
Dr Sonja Crone
Paediatrician, HOD, Te Whatu Ora Lakes
Dr Sandra Spilg
GP, Specialist General Practitioner
Dr Ian Holding
Specialist Doctor, CDHB
Dr Leigh Duncan
OBGYN, FRANZCOG
Dr Rebecca Griffith
Paediatrician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Alison Fawdry
GP, Fifth Avenue Family Practice
Dr Jennifer Lyon
Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Lynda Exton
GP, Medcheck Ltd.
Dr Lauren Elizabeth
Specialist Anaesthetist, Te Whatu Ora - Te Tai Tokerau
Dr Kate Allan
Clinical Director/Faculty Chair ACEM, Waitemata /ACEM
Dr Graham Roper
SMO, Te Whatu Ora; Chair, ANZCA New Zealand National Committee
Dr Matthew Marion
Head of Emergency Department, Te Whatu Ora Tairawhiti
Dr Sally Woods
Doctor
Dr Matthew Woods
Emergency Physician, Counties Manukau Health
Dr Michele McVie
Dr Rosie Stratford
Emergency Physician, CMHDB
Dr Kwokkam (Ken) So
Senior Medical Officer (Emergency Department), Health NZ Middlemore Hospital
Dr Sarah Carr
Senior Emergency Physician, Christchurch Emergency Dept.
Dr Stefan Van der Wait
Paediatrician, Emergency Department, Middlemore Hospital
Dr Mark Lewis
FACEM, Canterbury DHB
Dr Paula O'Sullivan
Consultant Emergency Medicine, Te Whatu Ora Counties
Dr Brennan Carne
Dr Mark Ballinger
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Whatu Ora Waitemata
Dr Emily Karanges
Research Fellow, Orygen/University of Melbourne
Dr Kris Walpot
Fellow, CDHB
Dr Kim McFadden
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Ruth Leadbetter
Neurologist
Dr Heidi Baker
Specialist Emergency Medicine, Te Toka Tumai
Ms Nicola Corna
Nurse Practitioner, Respiratory Services, Te Whatu Ora Middlemore district
Dr Lucy Telfar Barnard
Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
Dr Rose Melchers
RMO, Te Waitaha Canterbury
Dr Patricia Neuwelt
Dr Rebekah Jaung
University of Auckland
Dr Osman Mansoor
Medical Officer of Health, NPHS Tairawhiti
Dr Richard Hoskins
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Tevita Vaipuna
Dr Julia Fu
Registrar, New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine
Dr Daniel Williams
Public Health Physician
Dr Anthony Kriechbaum
Prof Sue Crengle
GP and Public Health Physician
Alex Macmillan
Prof. John Eastwood
Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Jennifer Randle
Public Health Registrar
Dr Susan Jack
Interim Regional Clinical Director, Te Whatu Ora, National Public Health Service
Dr Gerard Sonder
Public Health Physician, Pacific Perspectives
Dr Claire Salter
Prof Chris Bullen
Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland
Dr Noah Bunkley
Public Health Registrar, University of Auckland
Dr David Sinclair
Public Health Medical Consultant, NZ College of Public Health Medicine
Dr Ngaire Smidt
Medical Advisor - specialist in Public health and Occupational medicine
Dr Alyssa Kirby
Cardiologist
Christine Brunner
Dr Kirsten Coppell
Public Health Physician
Ms Sarah Helm
Executive Director, NZ Drug Foundation
Dr Helen Bichan
Retired Fellow of both RANZCP & NZCPHM
Prof. Jennie Connor
Professor Emerita, Public Health Epidemiology, NZCPHM
Dr Anand Gangji
SMO, Health New Zealand Northland
Dr Mark Goniszewski
Clinical Director Retrieval and Transport Services, Te Whatu Ora Te Manawa Taki
Dr Carrie Bryers
Public Health Registrar
Dr Annie Borland
Registrar, NZ College of Public Health Medicine
Dr Bronwyn Rendle
Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Isaac Smith
Public Health Medicine Registrar
Karen Mathias
Senior Lecturer, NZCPHM
Dr Sarah Donald
Lecturer, Public Health, University of Otago
Dr Bronwyn Chesterfield
Public Health Medicine Specialist, Te Tāhū Hauora / HQSC
Dr Julianna Lees
Public Health Physician, National Public Health Service
Dr Kate St Louis
Doctor, Te Whatu Ora
Ms Charlotte Matthews
Physiotherapist
Dr Domini Martin
Emergency Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Felicity Dumble
PHMS
Prof John McCall
Transplant Surgeon, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit
Prof. Peter Crampton
Academic, University of Otago
Ms Laetitia Harding
Chief Executive, Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ
Dr George Marchant
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Alistair Humphrey
Dr Andrew MacCormick
Chair RACS Aotearoa NZ National Committee, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dr John Bonning
Specialist Emergency Physician, Te Whatu Ora AND Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Dr Tanya Suthers
Emergency Physician, Te Whatu Ora Waikato
Dr Tonya Sadler
Emergency Physician, Pegasus Health
Dr George Stephenson
ED Specialist
Dr Sarah Hill
Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Dr Nethmi Kearns
Public Health Medicine Registrar
Prof Nikki Turner
Professor in Department of General Practice and Primary care, Medical Director Immunisation Advisory Centre, University of Auckland
Prof Lianne Parkin
University of Otago
Dr Cloe Posimani
Registrar, NZ College of Public Health Medicine
Dr Ruth Cunningham
Associate Professor, University of Otago, Wellington
Prof. Faafetai Sopoaga
Dr Ra Baillie
Student, University of Otago, NZCPHM
Dr Peter Robinson
Specialist in Public Health
Dr Theodore Clearwater
Doctor-Fellow, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Rhys Parry
GP/UC Physician
Dr Nina Scott
Co-Chair, Hei Ahuru Mowai
Dr Richard McLeod
GP, Cantral Medical, Oamaru
Dr Nick Cartmell
GP, Team Medical
Dr Vanessa Selak
Public Health Medicine Specialist, University of Auckland
Dr Kathy Gadd
GP/Director City West Medical Centre
Dr Andrew McMenamin
Specialist GP, Te Ngae Medical Centre
Dr David Ewen
Retired GP, South City Health
Dr Lynne Coleman
Clinical Director, The Doctors Apollo
Dr Yu-Ching Yu
Specialist GP
Dr Bronwyn Lamond
General Practitioner, Kaikōura Health
Dr Mark Rogers
GP, ProMed Doctors
Dr Josh Griffiths
GP and Rural Hospital Specialist, Dargaville Medical Center // Te Whatu Ora (Te Tai Tokerau), Dargaville Hospital
Dr Emily Brown
GP Registrar
Dr Craig Pelvin
General Practitioner, Dunedin North Medical Centre
Prof. Richard Edwards
Professor of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
Dr Nathalie Kay
Emergency Medicine Specialist, CMDHB
Dr Thomas Cartier
General Practitioner
Dr Robert Sweeney
GP, Halswell Health
Dr Jane Knight
GP Director, Manuka Health Centre
Dr Greg Brown
Dr Adrien Craig
Resident Medical Officer
Dr Anil Joshi
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Auckland City Hospital
Dr Gregory Harmsworth
General Practitioner
Dr Ami Nukada
General Practitioner
Dr Rachel Robertson
Registrar, Te Whatu Ora
Prof Ben Gray
Associate Professor, UOW Primary Health Care and General Practice
Dr Ruth Richards
Public Health Physician
Dr Phil McArthur
General Practitioner, Medinex Health
Dr Gina de Cleene
SMO
Peter Jones
Director of Emergency Medicine Research, University of Auckland and Auckland City Hospital
Dr Emma Batistich
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Toka Tumai
Dr Suzanne Hamillton
Senior Medical Officer, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Bethan Maegaard
GP, Freshminds
Dr Rowena Sosich
General Practioner
Dr Martin Phaff
GP, Blue Penguin Medical Centre
Dr Greg Judkins
General Practitioner
Dr Sophie Parnham
Emergency and Rural Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Raakhi Mistry
General Practitioner
Dr Meghan Ryall
ED SMO, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Anabelle Babbage
Retired GP
Dr Kerr Wright
Rural GP
Dr James Le Fevre
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Toka Tumai Auckland
Dr Frances Moon
General Practitioner
Dr James Broadbent
Specialist Anaesthetist, Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley
Dr Robert Stevenson
Retired
Dr Catherine Gray
GP, Shape My Health
Dr Anna Lawrence
Urologist
Mr Jeff Soukotta
Online Marketer
Dr Hannah Noel
Paediatrician
Dr Brigid O'Brien
Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Dr John Holmes
Public Health Physician
Dr Euna Sahng
General Physician, Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand
Liz Beel
Dr Neil Whittaker
General Practitioner
Dr Andrew Holmes
Director, Epicure Health Limited
Dr Cheryl Brunton
Public Health Physician, National Public Health Service
Dr Ana Khan
Doctor
Prof Papaarangi Reid
Dr Annika Metua
General Practitioner
Dr Adrian Kerner
Consultant EM, Hase Medical NZ
Ancel-la Santos
EU pharmaceutical policy expert
Dr Clair Mills
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Megan Griffiths
General Practitioner
Dr Kay Hall
SMO, Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough
Dr Greg Stevens
Emergency Physician, TWO- Waikato
Dr Terri Prest
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau
Mr Ranieri Salvadorini
Freelance Science Journalist
Juliet Kane
Associate Professor Deborah Read
Public Health Physician, Massey University
Dr Kirsty McKellar
General Practitioner
Dr Ruth Large
Emergency Physician
Dr Caroline Christie
General Practitioner
Dr Joshua Clark
Public Health Medicine Registrar
Prof Patricia Priest
Professor, Epidemiology
Dr Nicholas Longley
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Waitemata- Te Whatu Ora
Dr Krahn Dirken
SMO, Te Whatu Ora Taranaki
Dr Michael Connelly
Clinical Director, Te Whatu Ora - Taranaki
Dr Bridget Wilson
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Angharad Dunn
General Practitioner
Dr Donald Taylor
Dr Benjamin Murrin
SMO, CICM, Whangarei Hospital
Dr Alexander King
Emergency Physician
Dr Richard Wall
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Alexander Browne
ED and ICU Physician
Dr Pierre Pechon
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Marion Poore
Fellow - NZ College of Public Health Medicine
Dr Susie Harichandran
GP
Dr Erik Rufa
SMO Internal Medicine
Dr Bridget Mooney
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Dr Elspeth Frascatore
SMO
Dr Sophia Harris
GP
Dr Albertine Ireland
Dr Gounder Reshmi
GP
Dr Jill Shepherd
GP
Dr Karen McIlhone
Public Health Physician
Dr Joanne Knappstein
Paediatrician
Dr Samantha King
Medicolegal Consultant and GP
Dr Tasmin Barry
Doctor
Dr David Jones
Paediatrician
Nomes Lorimer
Clinical Administrator
Dr George White
GP
Dr Ryan Metcalfe
Emergency Medicine Registrar
Dr Anne Chiang
Anaesthesia Senior House Officer
Dr Trinh Wright
GP
Dr Dinshaw Mistry
Surgeon
Dr Emma Watson
GP
Dr Izzy Lomax-Sawyers
RMO
Dr Sarah Olsen
Dr Emma Clare
General Practitioner
Dr Ray Khoo
Director - Howick Health and Medical Centre
Dr Nadya York
Surgeon
Prof Andrew Jull
Dr Rawiri Keenan
GP Academic
Dr Gary Jackson
Public Health Physician
Dr Chame Blackburn
Emergency Physician
Dr Kelly Austin
Emergency Medicine Consultant (FACEM)
Dr Jessica Nimmo
Medical Oncology Registrar
Dr Brenda Breidenstein
SMO
Dr Marek Lang
Rural Hospital Specialist and GP
Dr Phillippa Wills
Emergency physician
Dr Matthew Wilson
GP, Palliative Care Registrar
Dr Barry Gribben
Medical Director, CBG Health Research
Dr Sapna Samant
GP
Dr Penny Kagan
Locum GP
Dr Anna Elinder
Haematologist - Te Whatu Ora, Waitemata
Dr Elizabeth Keeling
Paediatrician
Donald Mackenzie Mayo
Trainee Intern
Dr Jonathan Hoogerbrug
GP
Dr James McElligott
Registrar
Dr Gregory Bond
Registrar
Ms Séverine Carré-Pétraud
Prescrire - Publishing Director
Dr Rosemary Wyber
General Practitioner
Dr Vanessa Beavis
Anaesthetist
Dr Dave Offner
GP
Kathryn Lawrie
Pharmacist
Dr Deborah Santa Clara
Registrar
Owen Doran
Emergency Specialist
Rebecca Williams
Dr Malcolm McKellar
Owner Dr Malcolm McKellar Ltd
Associate Professor Chris Hemmings
Pathologist
Dr Sarah Moll
Prof Quinn Grundy
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Dr Susan Armstrong
GP / Director
Dr Jackie Broadbent
Shaun Robinson
Chief Executive - Mental Health Foundation
Dr Ben Brockway
Consultant and Senior Lecturer
Dr Brooke Beardsley
Anatomical Pathologist
Ms Kelly Jones
Section Head - Te Whatu Ora
Dr Sarah Bowker
SMO
Dr Richard Stephenson
Emergency Physician
Dr Michael Kalkoff
SMO
Tricia San Juan
Rose Boyle
Owner - Sabzi Organics of NZ Ltd
Dr Simon Horsburgh
Academic
Emily Mountier
Dr Alice Miller
Medical doctor and postgraduate student of public health
Alexandria Mintoft-Jones
Data Analyst - Health quality and safety commission
Dr Christopher Lear
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Steve McGlone
General Practitioner
Dr Jan White
General Practitioner
Dr Jason Gray
Clinical Pharmacist
Peter Macdonald
Catherine Gerard
Sue Watson
Senior Pharmacist
Dr Jonathan Kennedy
General Practitioner
Amanda Brien
Registered Nutritionist (NZ)
Joanie Roundtree
Pukekohe Family Health - MCA
Mark Rewi
ED Physician
Professor Warwick Bagg
Deputy Dean - Waipapa Taumata Rau University Auckland
Dr Steven Greenblatt
Anaesthetic Registrar
Dr Simone Besseling
Anaesthetic Registrar
Mikayla Neil
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dr Clark Stevenson
GP
Jocasta Whittingham
Dr Leon Cloherty
SMO
Abigail Dunlop
Assistant Research Fellow
Troy Smithers
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Nikki Rolton
Emergency Specialist
Prof Louise Signal
Academic
Isis McKay
General Manager - Women's Health Action
Dr Kathryn Hagen
Anaesthesiologist
Dr Katie Humm
Doctor
Dr Vik Singh
Anaesthetist
Dr Rupa Patel
MD - Queens University Canada
Dr Yvonne Wagner
Specialist
Dr Kim Lawson
General Practitioner
Prof Simon Hales
Research Professor
Dr Lucy Elkin
Dr Michele Cooper
GP Specialist
Prof Rowena Cullen
Emeritus professor, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Andrea Teng
Researcher
Dr Kate Margetts
Dr K Jamieson
Mr Maurice Priestley
Dr Karen Pedersen
Anaesthetist
Dr Jessie Radford
Dr Melody Curie
GP Registrar
Dr Shona Roberts
General Practitioner
Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Professor, School of Population Health
Dr Sara Ralph
GP Partner
Dr Kaye Logan
SMO
Dr Caroline Yuill
RMO
Dr Aaron Liston
RMO
Dr Alice Lumsden
Medical Registrar
Prof Rob Siebers
Research
Dr Mark Sagarin
Consultant
Prof Rob Beaglehole
Emeritus Professor
Dr Phoebe Dreadon
General practitioner
Dr Sofie Rose
Medical Registrar
Dr Elizabeth Dunn
Anaesthetist
Dr Beth O'Donnell
General practitioner
Dr Nathan O'Donnell
Doctor
Evan Ireland
Dr Fiona Imlach
Epidemiologist
Dr Javier Garjon
Editor Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin of Navarre (Spain)
Gerard Melchers
House Officer
Dr Andrew Mcleod
General practitioner
Dr Colin Millard
Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University
Dr Marion Leighton
Specialist
Dr Eliane Ho
General practitioner
Ms Emma Burnell
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dr Susan Weggery
Sandra Coney
Former elected member Waitemata DHD; First chair Consumer Advisory Committee, Pharmac
Bruce Kidd
Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Stevenson
Hospice Medical Officer
Dr Anneke Nieuwenhuis
Doctor
Dr Rebecca Randerson
Specialist GP
Dr Anna Byrne
Consultant Haematologist
Dr Judy Ormandy
FRANZCOG - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Dr Lavinia Perumal
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Marisa Schubert
Anaesthetic Registrar
Dr Phillipa Clark
SMO
Dr Nuwan Dharmawardana
ENT Registrar
Dr Nicki Hartland
GP
Dr Catriona Austin
Dr Julian Pettit
GP / Director, Wanaka Medical
Dr Sarah Phipps
Anaesthetist
Dr Tom Mossong
House Officer
Prof Lisa Cosgrove
University of Massachusetts-Boston Professor and Faculty Fellow Applied Ethics Center
Professor Ruth Bonita Beaglehole ONZM
Member Cartwright Collective
Dr Lauren Chalmers
GP
Ms Barbara Holland
Co-Convenor Federation of Women's Health Councils
Dr Miriam Larsen-Barr
Clinical Psychologist
Prof Joanna Manning
Professor of Medical Law, member Cartwright Collective
Dr Lupe Taumoepeau
Vascular & Transplant Surgeon
Dr Oliver Coleman
Paediatric Registrar
Dr Mary Brooker
Anaesthetist
Prof John Potter
Professor; formerly Chief Science Advisor to MoH
Dr Sue Bagshaw
Doctor, trustee, educator and Chairperson, senior clinical lecturer
Dr Cherry Laurenson
GP
Jaime Lyth
Dr Savitha Bhagvan
Surgeon
Dr Graeme Camp
Ms Lyn Thomas
Retired
Prof M. Gary Nicholls
Emeritus Professor
Murray Thomas
Retired
Ms Margi Luby
Dr Martin Paul Than Nyunt
Doctor
Dr Vanessa Stedman
Doctor
Ms Kim Barnett
Ms Sue Claridge
Communications Manager, Auckland Women's Health Council
Mr Dale Smith
Mr Peter Selwyn
Director, myt3 Ltd
Ms Ngatania Ward
Dr Chris Whittington
General Practitioner, Silverdale Medical
Dr Anthony Hay
General Practitioner
Dr Irena Steinfeld
General Practitioner
Mr William Neunreuther
Dr Gary Payinda
Emergency Medical Specialist, Te Whatu Ora, Te Tai Tokerau
Peter Gluckman
Director, Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures
Dr Patricia McIntosh
General Practitioner
Mr Graham Bull
Mr Oliver Roberts
Ms Ingrid Perols
Ms Charlotte Korte
Co-Founder, The Health Consumer Advocacy Alliance
Dr Lauren Antley
GP, Promed Doctors
Dr Jacqui Gordon
General Practitioner
Dr Maike Mewe
FRNZCGP
Associate Professor Elana Curtis
The University of Auckland
Dr Victoria Shaw
Youth Health Doctor, Independent
Dr Toby Calvert
Rural Hospital Registrar
Dr Mark Hussey
ED Clinical Leader, Emergency Medicine Specialist, Capital Coast & Hut Valley Te Whatu Ora
Dr Vicki Coleman
Anaesthetist
Kerstin Perols
Dr Brad Peckler
SMO, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Hugh Blackley
Dr Karen Amies
Dr Jack Dummer
Respiratory consultant and senior lecturer, University of Otago
Prof. Charlotte Paul
Emeritus Professor, University of Otago
Dr Sue Ong
Dr Jelena Bennett
Consultant Psychiatrist , Te Whatu Ora
Dr Kate Stanbridge
ED SMO, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Vanessa Souter
General Practitioner
Dr Fiona Whitworth
General Practitioner
Dr Kerry Macaskill-Smith
GP, KMS Health Ltd
Dr Linda Pirrit
GP, Turuki Medical
Dr Sarah Holmes
GPEP3+ GP reg, Papakura East Medical Centre
Dr Hella Insinger
GP, Urgent Care and Company Doctor, WSLtd
Dr Rob Hayes
GP, Tima Health
Dr Meg Thomson
General Practitioner
Dr Deborah Payne
Associate Professor, AUT
Dr Michael Loten
Specialist GP, Raglan Medical
Mrs Aly Timmings
Manager, Waikato Brain and Spine
Dr Josephine O'Grady
General Practitioner
Dr Jude Ball
Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
Dr Susan Grindlay
GP Owner, Helensburgh Medical Centre
Dr Peter Hurly
Dr Eline Thomson
Public Health Medicine Registrar
Ms Hweiling ow
Ms Saii Kiew Ng
Retired, Accounts and Lecturer
Dr Miriam Martin
GP, Urgent Care, Village Health Lincoln Road
Ms Karen Pewhairangi
Dr Stephen Brown
GP, Durham Health
Dr Rex Yule
Rural GP, Amberley Medical Centre
Dr Mike Osselton
GP, St Martin's Medical Practice
Dr Michael Tarry
Retired GP
Dr Lois Fong
General Practitioner
Mr Isaac Flynn
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Dr Kay Joyce
General Practitioner
Dr Victoria Flight
Dr Geraldine Trevella
GP, Amberley Medical Centre
Dr Sue Hamer
General Practitioner
Dr Diana Kim Nicholson Burgess
Clinical Leader for Population Health, Pegasus Health
Prof. Kevin Dew
Dr Maria Burke
GP in Ōtautahi/Christchurch
Dr Susan Bargh
GP, Bryndwr Medical Rooms
Dr John Carnachan
GP, Knox Medical Practice
Dr Martin Wilson
Clinical Leader, Pegasus Health
Denise Nicholson
Dr Briar Hill
MDHB
Ms Maree Mabey
Medical Receptionist, Village Health
Dr Gabriella Ellen
NZCPHM
Ms Libbey Grant
Research Fellow, University of Otago Wellington
Ms Amy Johnston
Dr Alison Blaiklock
Public Health Physician
Dr Rebecca Nicholls
General Practitioner
Mr Matt Adams
Architect, Adams Architects
Dr David Pillbrow
GP, Travis MC
Dr Megan Higgins
General Practitioner, Newtown Union Health Service
Dr Sharon Ashmore
General Practitioner, Kendal Medical Centre
Dr Catriona MacGregor
General Practitioner
Kirstin Brown
Mr Wayne Lim
General Manager, Te Awamutu Medical Centre
Dr Rachelle Pound
General Practitioner
Dr Jane Henrys
General Practitioner
Dr Alf Scragg
Ms Melissa Ewart
CMC
Gloria Forgie
Ms Letitia Marchand
Practice Manager, Doctors on Cashel
Mr Tony Falkenstein
Dr Katherine Lovell
General Practitioner
Dr Liz Schroder
General Practitioner
Dr Janett Andres
General Practitioner
Dr Stephen Baker
GP, Bryndwr Medical Rooms
Dr Emma Losco
Geriatrician, Te Whatu Ora
David Britten
Dr Elizabeth Loudon
GP, St Martin's Medical
Mr Shan Valiyara
Research Fellow, University of Otago
Dr Mark Fulcher
President, Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians
Clare Greasley
Pharmacy Services Manager, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Mr Ketan Buddhdev
Citizen
Dr Renly Lim
Pharmacist
Dr Erika Sirisomboonwong
Public Health Registrar
Dr Jaimie Dikstaal
Dr Andrea Judd
General Practice Owner, Kaikōura Healthcare
Dr Jeremy Tuohy
Dr Anne Hurly
GP, Queen St Practice, Wairoa
Dr Nicky Baxter
Geriatrician
Jo Cobbett
ED SMO
Dr Annabel Begg
Public Health Specialist, Te Whatu Ora
Mr David Wills
Director, Nurses Society of New Zealand
Dr David Finlay
General Practitioner
Dr Ramon Pink
Clinical Director, Te Mana Ora Community and Public Health
Ms Louisa Sowerby
Pharmacist, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Li Shawn Lim
General Practitioner
Prof. Paul Rouse
Academic, University of Auckland
Dr Joan Leighton
General Practitioner
Dr Louise Draper
GP, Merivale Medical Practice
Dr Timothy Crampton
Doctor
Dr Caroline Hart
Mrs Glenys Moore
Nurse Manager, St Martins Medical Practice
Dr Felix Rueppell
GP/Director, Port Hills Health
Dr Shelley Louw
GP, The Christchurch Doctors
Dr Rose Laing
General Practitioner
Prof Hee Teng Aw
Retired
Dr Nicole Anderson
GP, Village Health Lincoln Road
Hammond Williamson
GP, Action Medical
Dr Christopher Leathart
GP, Bishopdale Medical
Dr Sharon Gardiner
Co-Lead, NZ Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Pharmacist Expert Group
Dr Elizabeth Mangan
GP Partner, Riccarton Medical
Dr Rebecca Langley
Ms Annie Egan
ICU pharmacist / critical care educator, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Anthony Spencer
Clinical Director General Medicine. CDHB
Dr Alice Faulkner
GP Owner, Nelson East Medical
Dr Robert Bester
Director/ GP, Bester McKay Family Doctors
Dr Natalie Balme
GP, Bester McKay Family Drs
Dr Christine Elder
Radiation Oncologist
Dr Sam Martin
Paediatric Registrar
Dr Nat Anglem
Dr Dean Mannis
Ms Sharon Brinsdon
Retired - Ex GP manager NMDHB board member
Dr Emily Cavana
Senior Lecturer and General Practitioner
Dr Roger Baillie
GP, Invercargill Medical Centre
Ms Margaret Baillie
Dr Alison Jackson
Anaesthetist
Dr Josh Johnstone
General Practitioner
Ms Sian Dawson
Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Education, Training and Practice Research, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland
Dr Joanna Beaumont
General Practitioner
Dr Murray Robson
GP, Straven Medical Rooms
Dr David McQuade
SMO, CCDHB
Ms Angela Tiller
Practice Nurse, St Martin's Medical
Dr Daniel Watson
Regional Director of Emergency Medicine Training, Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley
Dr Adam Campbell
GP, Canterbury Primary Health
Dr Devlyn Corrigan
Senior Medical Officer, Health New Zealand
Dr Evelyn Pui
GP, Inspire Health Medical Practice
Dr Judith Millar
General Practitioner
Dr Laura Juliet Wilkinson
Emergency Medicine Specialist, Wellington Hospital
Ms Sarah Keen
Managing Editor MIMS New Zealand, MIMS Australia and New Zealand
Dr Sarah Metcalf
Infectious Diseases & General Medicine Specialist Physician, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Henning Heste
General Practitioner
Dr Simon Dalton
Consultant, TWO
Mr Jean-Pierre Meyer
Ms Sian Dawson
President, New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association
Fiona Taylor
Research Admin, University of Otago, Wellington
Dr Bevan Rogers
GP, Southside Health
Dr Matthew Reid
Public Health Medicine Specialist, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Caroline Ryan
GP, Templeton Medical
Ms Hwei Gjin Ow
Consumer
Dr Shirin Robinson
General Practitioner
Dr Brendon Aish
GP, Crawford Medical
Dr Anna Stevenson
Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora
Ms Ariel Hubbert
Pharmacist
Ms Merusha Naidoo
Clinical Informatics Analyst | Pharmacist
Dr Thomas Stevenson
Emergency Physician, Te Whatu Ora Taranaki
Dr Fiona Campbell
GP Liaison, Te Whatu Ora
Dr Ruth Savage
Senior Lecturer, Dept of General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch
Mrs Paula Robb
Dr Timothy Bevin
Retired, RNZCGP
Mr John Almond
Dr Andre Adam
ED Registrar, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
Dr Jason Feng
Emergency Specialist, Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley
Dr Rhys Jones
Dr Stephanie Mackie
Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Te Whatu Ora Counties Medicine
Mai Nguyen
Dr Yasmin McGrane
Emergency Department Senior Medical Officer, Te Whatu Ora = Taranaki Base Hospital
Dr Rachael Luckie
Specialist Emergency Physician, Te Whatu Ora Waikato
Dr Lauren Cumberpatch
General Practitioner
Dr Bernd Stoltenberg
GP, City Medical Gisborne Ltd
Dr Isabelle Duck
Clinical Director of Urgent Care, Silverdale Medical
Giselle Bahr
Clinical Psychologist, Excellence in Mind
Dr Jacques Marchand
Principal General Practitioner, Doctors on Cashel @ Allen Street
Dr Vanessa Somos
Paediatric and Public Health Registrar
Dr Warren Groarke
Partner, Silverdale Medical
Dr Ruth Lopert
Director, LWC Health Pty Ltd
Prof. Craig Welch
Director, LWC Health
Dr Connie Juhn
GP, Sexual Assault Forensic Doctor, Three Kings Family Medical Centre
Dr Emma Carter
General Practitioner
Dr Penny Jeffery
Emergency Physician, CCDHB
Dr Catherine Xu
GP, Burnside Medical Centre
Ms Janice Moody
Pharmacist, Te Whatu Ora
Mrs Margaret Gardner
Dr Clare O'Brien
Dr Brett Shand
Retired PhD qualified clinical research scientist
Ms Sian Gilhooley
Child Health Services Manager, Comprehensive Care PHO
Ms Natasha Pool
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Te Whatu Ora
Lisa Parker
Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Prof. John Abraham
Dr Zahed Mohammad Masud
Publishing Drug Bulletin, Health Action Forum
Dr Christopher Todd
Dr Carla Rockel
GP, Ngaio medical centre
Wolfgang Becker-Brüser
Editor, Arznei-Telegramm
Dr Brandon Rickards
GP and Practice Owner, RNZCGP
Dr Stefan Schulze
SMO
Prof. Jörg Striessnig
Licensed Pharmacologist, Chairman Institute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck
Dr Sue Bibby
General Practitioner and Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
Dr Bronwyn Turner
Dr Gabrielle McDonald
Public Health Physician
Dr Felicity Pugh
Specialist, Te Toka Tumai
Dr Fraser Burling
Physician, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Clinic
Dr Sarah Blair
GP Registrar
Ms Rawa Osman
Pharmacist
Kateřina Viktorová
PharmDr, Farmakoterapeutické informace, member of ISDB, administered by Státní ústav pro kontrolu léčiv, Czech Republic
Dr Simonette Mallard
NZCPHM
Dr Staffan Svensson
General Practitioner, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden
Ms Vineeta Prasad
Nurse, Middlemore Hospital
Mr Daniel Wilson
Medical Student, University of Auckland
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