Pharmacy Practice

Audit performance is continuing to improve, Medsafe’s latest figures show, but full compliance remains below 50 per cent

The inaugural NZ Primary Healthcare Awards, including awards for pharmacy and general practice, will be held on 29 February next year 

Huntly West Pharmacy is trying Facebook Live as a way to give advice to those customers who feel less shy asking questions from behind a screen 

Name suppression has lapsed for a Waikato pharmacist found guilty of misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in March

Pharmacists wanting to be prescribers no longer have to complete a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy first, the Pharmacy Council has decided

Small-town pharmacist Doug Chapman is heading back to the big smoke after seven years in the close-knit community of Wakefield

The NZMA chair says not only are rapid throat tests performed in Green Cross Health pharmacies inaccurate, pharmacists should not be performing any throat swab tests

University of Otago pharmacy students have a new place to practise on mock patients before they move on to the real thing

The Māori Pharmacists’ Association held its annual symposium in early June, attracting about 50 people. Discussions at the Auckland-based event included the status of rongoa Māori, institutional racism in the echelons of health bureaucracy and the benefits of hemp products

Game of Thrones’ multi-faceted storyline uncannily reflects the goings-on in the pharmacy sector, writes ASB Bank head of healthcare David Rhind