Community Pharmacy

Since the traffic light COVID-19 management system was intro­duced late last year, masks have been required in retail stores such as pharmacies during the orange and red settings

The seaside village of Oneroa on Waiheke Island is busy on yet another hot sunny day. As boats bob in Oneroa Bay, out­side café tables are full of day trippers, and getting a park isn’t easy

PSNZ recognition late last year of Amanda Lee Stanfield’s service to the sector has been a shock to the long-time pharmacist who was awarded a PSNZ fellowship

One afternoon, I was sitting on the sofa making a pon­cho for my daughter

The Pharmacy Council is recruit­ing pharmacists who are willing to temporarily shrug on their white coats again to bolster the sector’s workforce in preparation for Omicron-related staff shortages

Pharmacies have been flooded with customers seeking rapid antigen tests who must be turned away because they are not eligible

Since the traffic light COVID-19 management system was intro­duced late last year, masks have been required in retail stores such as pharmacies during the orange and red settings

Pharmacy owners invent new ways of keeping their staff safe while they continue to serve the public 

Some provision of N95 masks from Ministry of Health supplies but only for high-risk circumstances

Pharmacies are being flooded with an influx of people wanting rapid antigen tests but are being forced to turn most of them away because they are not eligible