Community Pharmacy

Offering teeth extraction and fresh leeches would likely see today’s pharmacists appearing before a disciplinary hearing but in 1868 those were hot selling points to get customers through the door

Jerome Ng has been named as the Pharmaceutical Society’s Pharmacist of the Year

GPs are being warned to be vig­ilant for a virulent strain of meningococcal infection, after a big rise in the number of cases in the past few months

A case before New Zealand’s High Court involving pharmacists accused of price fixing is raising questions over whether pharmacists should be allowed to increase prescription fees to cover funding shortfalls

Heart Rhythm week, commencing 18 June, could see pharmacists play a big role in preventing strokes and their associated heavy trauma and costs

A Christchurch pharmacy is leading the charge in using BPA-free till receipts to reduce exposure to staff and customers.

An expected Government review of primary care funding appears to have been superseded by a much wider-ranging review of the health system announced by health minister David Clark yesterday afternoon

Pharmac is inviting people to provide feedback at community meetings in May and June on ways it could do things better

A Rodney man charged with planting prescription pills in two McDonald’s sundaes has had his first court appearance