A Kaikōura pharmacy owner has been fighting for a patient on opioid substitution to get his licence returned after he tested positive for THC. Jody Hopkinson reports
Rural pharmacists say their courier bill has doubled in the past fve years, and when couriers are unavailable, pharmacy staff are having to take time away from the dispensing bench to deliver medications. Jody Hopkinson reports
Whanganui phar mac y owners met with their local MP recently to explain the issues faced by pharmacists in his electorate. They are encouraging pharmacists in other regions to meet with their local MPs and advocate for pharmacy.
IT’S BEEN 25 YEARS OF ups and downs and nearly all the way out of the industry for Mt Maunganui pharmacist Daphne Earles, but as she settles her pharmacy into its freshly built space, above all else, she is feeling “grateful”.
A team of Auckland pharmacy students got their running shoes on last month for Auckland’s annual Round the Bays event. Auckland Pharmacy Students’ Association (APSA) sports representative Wynstan Metuataopu says 25 students took part in the 8.4km run on 2 March this year.
Jody Hopkinson speaks to Remya Raju, who was an assistant professor at a pharmacy college in Kerala, India and worked with her mother at the family pharmacy before immigrating to New Zealand. She now works at Mountainview Pharmacy in Taranaki
