Dr Natalie Gauld, ONZM, of Auckland, for services to pharmacy and health
Dr Natalie Gauld successfully applied to the Medicines Classification Committee to allow pharmacists to provide medicines without prescription, including multiple vaccinations, melatonin for insomnia, selected oral contraceptives, adapalene for acne and others. This work has been world-leading and award-winning. She was the Principal Investigator on various pharmacy service studies. She has supported pharmacists to safely supply reclassified medicines. She co-developed and implemented a Hepatitis C Pharmacy Test and Treat programme. She co-developed a unique pharmacy service administering antenatal anti-D prophylaxis to rhesus-negative pregnant women. She has produced 37 peer-reviewed papers and three book chapters. Dr Gauld served as a member of the Medicines Classification Committee, the National Executive of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, the Pharmaceutical Society’s Auckland branch committee, including as President, and an ethics committee.