Minor ailments

The Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmacy Guild are lobbying for the minor ailments scheme to continue beyond its finish date of 30 September

As hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed by a record influx of patients this winter, pharmacists are calling for the minorailments scheme to be expanded. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

More than 60,000 minor ailments consults have been carried out by community pharmacies since the programme started less than two months ago

As hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed by a record influx of patients this winter, pharmacists are calling for the minor ailments scheme to be urgently expanded nationwide

PHARMACISTS SAY the new winter minor-ailments initiative is providing a great service to the public and are calling for it to be expanded nationwide.

Bargain Chemist has launched a new telehealth service for minor ailments in collaboration with the Independent Pharmacists Association of New Zealand. 

Bargain Chemist has launched a new telehealth service for minor ailments in collaboration with the Independent Pharmacists Association of New Zealand

Pharmacists say the new winter minor ailments initiative is providing a great service to the public and are calling for it to be expanded nationwide

Ongoing battle with waiting lists and workforce shortages – and a looming first anniversary – were on the table at Te Whatu Ora 

GP leaders are mixed on the impact of the Government’s Winter Plan on reducing patient demand as hundreds of pharmacies start offering funded minor ailment consultations