Payments for COVID-19 vaccinations contributed more than $58.5 million to pharmacy coffers but pharmacy specialist accountant Hugh Lopdell estimates the bulk of that money went to a minority of pharmacies
The majority shareholder in New Zealand’s first Costco pharmacy says independent pharmacy owners should not be worried that Costco will cause further disruption to the sector in the same way discounters have
The dearth of pharmacy staff is creating significant problems for the sector. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to PSNZ president Professor Rhiannon Braund about what high-level actions are being taken to address the ongoing shortage
The vast majority of COVID-19 antivirals dispensed in New Zealand is still getting to patients via a prescription, despite pharmacists being permitted to supply the pills without a script since 28 July.
Discounters are snapping up close to a quarter of all pharmacy retail sales, outstripping the market share of all traditional pharmacies for the first time this year
The Child Poverty Action Group and the United Community Action Network are jointly petitioning Parliament to get prescription fees removed for all Community Service Card holders
Routine childhood vaccines look to be on the list of vaccines the Ministry of Health is seeking to have reclassified so pharmacists can administer them
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is still processing Integrated Community Pharmacy Service Agreement variations, but to date 880 contract holders are recorded as accepting the offered variation
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