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Victory Square Pharmacy wins health innovation award

Primary care
17 April 2020

Congratulations to Nelson’s Victory Square Pharmacy. Its Whakakotahi quality improvement project to improve the physical health of people on opioid substitution treatment won the He Tangata/The People – team work with consumer engagement – award at the recent Nelson Marlborough District Health Board Health Innovation Awards.

The project aimed to improve patients’ quality of life through access to appropriate diagnosis and treatment of co-morbidities, enhanced self-awareness and encouraging self-reliance and independence.

Download a copy of Victory Square's poster entry (2.2MB, pdf)

More information about the awards can be found on the Nelson Marlborough Health website.