Community Pharmacy

Accidents can happen anywhere at any time, so it is essential every household has a first-aid kit (or two) for when things go wrong. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about advice pharmacy staff can give patients on building a comprehensive kit

SOMEWHAT confusing guidance from the Ministry of Health on who should wear a mask coincided with a high level of non-compliance among customers at mall-based community pharmacies last month.

Dunedin pharmacy owner Stephanie Corby is gutted that her business has been burgled for the second time in just six months

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

Starting a new business can be daunting no matter what size, but once it is running it can be even more overwhelming to scale up and expand, particularly in a market where there are staff shortages and uncertainty, writes Jonathan Roberts, Auckland director at Moore Markhams

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

Pharmacy cannot enforce mask compliance, says one health leader, but latest guidance from the Ministry of Health suggests it may not even be required

Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports on a burgeoning pharmacy service for patients with a common sleep disorder

Mask manufacturer MEO believes pharmacies are a logical pick-up point for used masks 

Auckland pharmacist Warren Flaunty has hung up his white coat for the last time. He shares some of his memories of high-profile life in pharmacy