Community Pharmacy

With COVID-19 cases surging, the number of pharmacies visited by COVID-positive people is also rising by the day

Aotearoa has been in lockdown for just eight days, but the Pharmacy Defence Association has already had several reports detailing customers’ unsavoury antics as the sector bears the brunt of bad behaviour.

When pharmacy retail manager Simonne Kainuku went to work as usual on Tuesday, she had no idea she was about to receive a call from Pharmacy Today | Kaitiaki Rongoā o te Wā  informing her she was $1000 richer after winning the annual Healthcare Handbook ELearning Path competition

Despite lockdown hiccups this week, Canterbury is now streaking ahead with its COVID vaccination rollout, thanks partly to community pharmacy getting on board

After months of negotiations behind closed doors, the DHBs have offered the next variation of the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement and $38.6 million in new funding is up for grabs

Canterbury DHB is defending its decision to promote Bargain Chemist’s COVID-19 vaccination programme on Facebook, saying the move was to ensure the discount chemist’s capacity did not go to waste

Lessons learned in multicultural neighbourhoods of London, have been brought home and applied to services for Pacific people and other ethnic minority groups in the Waikato region. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Matthew Heke shares the story of his trailblazing pāpara (father) Hiwinui Heke who was Aotearoa’s first Māori pharmacist. Anna Lee reports

Pharmacy retail sales have had mixed results this year, according to one expert, due to lockdown-related distortions to some categories, the ongoing spread of discount pharmacies, and a lift in domestic discretionary spending. Anna Lee reports

Despite the closure of some pharmacies, the number of new pharmacies opening this year looks set to far surpass the annual rate of new pharmacy ventures in recent years