2020 Annual Report

Pharmaceutical Utilisation January, 2020 – December, 2020

National report: Overview of national dispensing during 2020

Prescribing report: Reviewing SABA treatment for asthma management in adolescents and adults

For more than 50 years, people with asthma have been prescribed...

National report: Reviewing SABA treatment for asthma management in adolescents and adults

For more than 50 years, people with asthma have been prescribed...

National report: Testing for prostate cancer in primary care

This report provides an overview of laboratory prostate-specific...

National report: The use of antipsychotic medicines in older people

The purpose of this report is to provoke thought and discussion...

The 2019 Annual Report is now available

The bpacnz Annual Report provides individualised and practice...

National report: Prescribing menopausal hormone therapy

Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is the most effective treatment...

News update: Annual Prescribing report

Depression or distress? Examining SSRI prescribing in primary care

Differentiating short-term psychological distress from depression...

National report: A pharmacological profile of patients with type 2 diabetes

This report provides an overview of the clinical characteristics...

Prescribing report: A pharmacological profile of patients with type 2 diabetes

This report provides an overview of the clinical characteristics...

Prescribing report: Proton pump inhibitor prescribing in primary care

This report provides prescribers with data about the patients...

2018 Annual Prescribing Report

This report provides you with an opportunity to reflect on your...

Prescribing hypnotic medicines: a focus on zopiclone

Key practice points
• Zopiclone is the most frequently prescribed...

Prescribing topical medicines for skin infection - An update

This report provides an update on the use and monitoring of...

Analgesic Update - 2018

Key messages
• Evaluate the type, cause and severity of...

2017 Annual Practice Report

This report provides you with an opportunity to reflect on the...

Report: Dabigatran Monitoring, An Update

This report provides an update on the use and monitoring of...

Report: Asthma medicines in adults

How does your prescribing compare to that of your peers? Consider...

Prescribing topical medicines for skin infection

Resistance to fusidic acid is increasing because this topical...

2016 Annual Practice Report

This report allows you to reflect on the pharmacological treatment...

Vitamin D

This report provides data on the use of vitamin D supplementation...

Polypharmacy Update

This report provides prescribers with details about patients...

Asthma in primary care

Updated asthma guidelines are expected to be released later...

Medicine use in youth mental health

This report provides an overview of dispensings of medicines...

Oxycodone Update

This report provides an update on the use of oxycodone over...

2015 Annual Practice Report - Pharmaceutical Utilisation

This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...

Amoxicillin clavulanate Update Report 2015

Amoxicillin clavulanate is a broad spectrum antibiotic which...

Annual Diabetes Review

This report uses data from the pharmaceutical collection and...

Use of Hypnotics

Zopiclone and some benzodiazepines, such as temazepam and triazolam,...

Dabigatran - An Update

This report provides an update on the use and monitoring of...

2014 Annual Practice Report - Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Test Utilisation

This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...

An update on bisphosphonates

This report provides an update on the use of bisphosphonates...

Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy is a marker of potential problematic prescribing....

A review of statin use and monitoring

Statins are one of the most frequently prescribed medicines...

Oxycodone Update

Since 2011, bpacnz has produced a series of reports and articles...

Antenatal testing in pregnancy

This report discusses antenatal testing between January – December...

The use of analgesics in children

This report discusses the use of analgesics for the treatment...

Measuring serum urate levels

Gout is a common form of inflammatory arthritis that is caused...

Investigating iron deficiency anaemia

2013 UPDATE: Investigating iron deficiency anaemia

The use of omeprazole in infants is still high

Omeprazole is not approved for use in infants (children aged...

Long-term Use of Corticosteroids: Think about Bone Health

Bone density loss leading to osteoporosis is a risk for patients...

2013 Annual Practice Report - Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Test Utilisation

This report has been developed to give you an opportunity to...

Cervical Screening – Are we reaching our targets?

There are approximately 180 new diagnoses of cervical cancer...

Appropriate use of amoxicillin clavulanate

Amoxicillin clavulanate is a broad spectrum antibiotic which...

Laboratory testing for isotretinoin

Oral isotretinoin is a highly effective treatment for severe...

Dabigatran in general practice

Dabigatran is an oral anticoagulant approved for use in non-valvular...

Which test should I use to diagnose type 2 diabetes?

This report presents how testing for diabetes has changed since...

2012 Annual Report - Pharmaceutical & Laboratory Test Utilisation

Welcome to your annual practice report This report has been...

Laboratory investigation of infectious diarrhoea

This report discussus how testing behaviour in New Zealand has...

Polypharmacy in people aged over 75 years

This report focuses on continuous polypharmacy, which is the...

Reports have changed

Copy of the letter announcing the changes made to prescribing...

Monitoring diabetes in people over 75

In the March 2012 issue of Best Tests, bpacnz published an article...

Oxycodone update

In June 2011, bpacnz produced a report on oxycodone dispensing...

Prescribing for children with asthma

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma...

Looking back, looking forward: key messages 2005 – 2011

This report highlights four key prescribing and laboratory testing...