Community Pharmacy

It is too early to know how many patients have undergone potentially life-saving hepatitis C tests in pharmacies under the new Hepatitis C Pharmacy Test and Treat programme but at least one pharmacist is excited to be involved

Pharmacy Guild chief executive Andrew Gaudin says the new money in the pharmacy-services contract offered by DHBs is the best deal pharmacy owners can get, given the financial pressures DHBs are under. But not all pharmacy owners agree

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