Community Pharmacy

Steve Hart tests the temperature in Queenstown where the downturn in overseas traffic due to border closures has had dire consequences for some

Next month, some of the country’s top primary healthcare professionals will gather to celebrate innovation, success and the best of the best at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora (NZPHA)

Andi Shirtcliffe is the highest ranked pharmacist at the Ministry of Health. She speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what she does all day and the misunderstanding many pharmacists have about her role

A successful Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum (CPLF) meeting in March came after positive engagement between pharmacy sector leaders and the Minister of Health

Most community pharmacies will not be administering the COVID-19 vaccine to the general public, says Immunisation Advisory Centre director, Nikki Turner

Gisborne pharmacy owners are questioning Tairāwhiti DHB’s motives after learning the first discount pharmacy is set to open in the area

Next month, some of the country’s top primary healthcare professionals will gather to celebrate innovation, success and the best of the best at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora (NZPHA)

Today is the first day in more than 40 years that Ian McMichael cannot call himself a registered pharmacist

With discounters eating into profits, funding that doesn’t cover business overheads and the higher cost of doing business, it’s no wonder the closure of small, independent pharmacies is predicted. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates the sustainability of the sector to identify the pressure points and opportunities

A Pharmacy Today online survey reveals some anxiety about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine and other concerns about logistics and overload from the population-wide rollout of the vaccination programme