Community Pharmacy

Alistair Whyte, of Unichem Chemist Shop in Palmerston North, looks at problems facing the sector and the deficiencies in the two independent reports on pharmacy

During last year's Alert Level 4 lockdown Unichem Grey Lynn Pharmacy owner Sunil Kumar sometimes dreaded picking up the phone and being assailed by requests for flu vaccination.

When news of an Alert Level 4 lockdown broke, Chin Loh, co-owner of Dunedin’s Antidote chain, closed two of his eight pharmacies, Antidote Octagon and Antidote Central, for the duration of the pandemic, to ensure he had the staff to keep the others open in the event of a COVID exposure.

The Pharmacy Council has fielded a flood of applications for its recently announced fourth tranche of relief funding, writes Anna Lee

Kaikoura pharmacy owner David McKee has inadvertently found himself in hot water with Medsafe and the Pharmacy Council after a comment about auditors on Facebook went sour

Many in the pharmacy community are mourning the death of former owner of Remuera Pharmacy, Bruce Culpan.

Pharmacy Today reporter Anna Lee tests the water on retail sales in pharmacy and finds the latest community outbreak of COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the bottom line

Two Indian temples and a mosque have recently become makeshift COVID-19 vaccination clinics, thanks to the efforts of two Christchurch pharmacy owners and a team of volunteers from Canterbury’s Indian community

South Auckland’s Clendon Pharmacy has developed a treasured relationship with Manurewa Marae after the Farhan brothers, who were born in Iraq, moved to Manurewa and decided to “make a difference”

Pharmacies and other providers across the country are coming up with creative ideas to get their patients vaccinated against COVID-19 after the government indicated it is aiming to vaccinate at least 90 per cent of New Zealand’s eligible population