Community Pharmacy

Trailblazing pharmacist Ian McMichael has hung up his white coat but he is not done yet with the profession he loves. Jonathan Chilton-Towle, speaks to Mr McMichael and others about what he has achieved and what he plans to do now  

The Hutt Valley DHB is standing by its decision to enter into a funding agreement for a new Countdown Pharmacy in Wainuiomata, despite the panel assessing new pharmacy contracts voting against the proposal

A top marginal tax rate for individuals of 39 per cent of earnings above $180,000 may have implications for pharmacy owners who accumulate profits over the years, writes Jonathan Roberts, Auckland director of accountancy firm Moore Markhams 

The camaraderie in the tight-knit teams at Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy and Life Pharmacy Pakuranga, also known as Guthrie’s Pharmacy, is second to none, according to Vicky Chan

In Christchurch, a pharmacy and a medical centre have collaborated to turn a former shoe store into possibly the first primary care-run COVID vaccination site in New Zealand

The camaraderie in the tight-knit teams at Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy and Life Pharmacy Pakuranga, also known as Guthrie’s Pharmacy, is second to none, according to Vicky Chan

A Palmerston North pharmacy is stepping up, after the abrupt closure of a post shop left its community high and dry

Pharmacists are spending an average of 6.4 per cent of their time providing unfunded clinical services to patients, and more than half of this time is spent helping them with a minor ailment

A report due last year detailing plans for a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy has now been folded into the Community Pharmacy Services and Funding Model Review

Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum members enjoyed an “upbeat briefing” from key officials from the Health and Disability System Review Transition Unit last month