Community Pharmacy

The manager of UFS Pharmacy Wellington says the council’s Let’s Get Wellington Moving Plan is the final nail in the coffin for the 130-year-old business

The country is 170 pharmacists short, according to the Health Workforce Plan 2023/24 from Te Whatu Ora, but pharmacists say the reality is far worse

As more independent pharmacies close and increasing numbers of discounters open, smaller pharmacies are being urged to advertise that their prescriptions are now free and to highlight their points of difference.

Pharmacies have been busy since the $5 prescription copayment was removed on Saturday and report customers are stoked and surprised 

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

As more independent pharmacies close and increasing numbers of discounters open, smaller pharmacies are being urged to advertise that their prescriptions are now free and to highlight their points of difference.

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL of the pharmacy workforce is a top priority for health minister Ayesha Verrall.

Frustration at patients’ lack of understanding about pharmacy prompted Paige Rangi, then a pharmacy student, to study what could be done, writes Paulette Crowley

Unichem Waiora Pharmacy manager Alaa Al-Khaleefa talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling about moving to New Zealand as a refugee, becoming a pharmacist and why she is now a member of the New Zealand Army Reserve Force