Changes to Special Foods in the Pharmaceutical Schedule
- Changes to Special Foods - patient information (2 pages, 802 KB)
- Notification of Special Foods decisions summary for wholesalers and pharmacy (3 pages, 89 KB)
- Changes to the Access and Funding of Special Foods (29 pages, 347 KB)
- Full subsidy for tube fed patients. (2 pages, 33 KB)
PHARMAC, 
BPACnz and Mobile Surgical Services combined to develop and screen a medical CME session on prescription foods that was aired on Sky TV on May 5th 2011. If you missed it, you can access the programme here.
For further, in-depth information on special foods and their place in medical management, download the bpac journal on Prescription Foods (40 pages, 820 KB).
Resources Available to Order
Patient information resources
An information sheet for patients is available to order on the BPAC website. There are no restrictions on how many information sheets you can order.
Page updated on 07 Jun 2011
Linked documents
Changes to Special Foods - patient information (2 pages, 802 KB)
Changes to the Funding of Nutritional Products - Fortisip, Fortisip Multi Fibre, Ensure Plus and Two Cal HN Changes are occurring to the funding of some nutritional products from 1 April 2011. The key changes are outlined below: BrandSwitch •…
Notification of Special Foods decisions summary for wholesalers and pharmacy (3 pages, 89 KB)
Changes to the Access and Funding of Special Foods from 1 April 2011 The PHARMAC Board has made a number of decisions regarding the access and funding of Special Food products subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Schedule. A summary of the…
Changes to the access and funding of special foods; Contact: Stephen Woodruffe (29 pages, 347 KB)
February 2011 Special Foods - Notification of Funding and Access Changes from 1 April Changes to the Access and Funding of Special Foods from 1 April 2011 The PHARMAC Board has made a number of decisions regarding the access and…
Full subsidy for tube fed patients; Contact: Notifications (2 pages, 33 KB)
FACSIMILE To Fax From Subject Date All New Zealand Pharmacies, IPA Pharmacy Facilitators and Wholesalers Autodial PHARMAC Full subsidy for ready-mix Standard Supplements for tube fed patient’s with endorsement Wednesday 30 March 2011 No of pages 2 Dear Pharmacist Patients…
bpacnz - Prescription Foods (40 pages, 820 KB)
FOODS PRESCRIPTION Infant formula for cows’ milk allergy Improving nutrition in elderly people Diet and coeliac disease Unintentional weight loss in COPD bpac nz better medicine Editor-in-chief Professor Murray Tilyard Editor Rebecca Harris Programme Development Team Mark Caswell Rachael Clarke…
