Community Pharmacy

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 

Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa –Māori Pharmacists’ Association president Kevin Pewhairangi is concerned the Pharmacy Council did not take a partnership approach to developing its new recertification framework for pharmacists

Unichem Hickeys Pharmacy in Ōrewa became one of the few pharmacies to experience what business owners dread – being visited by a customer with COVID-19.  Owner Ken Hickey speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how he and his team dealt with the aftermath,  and offers tips for how to cope

Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa –Māori Pharmacists’ Association president Kevin Pewhairangi is concerned the Pharmacy Council did not take a partnership approach to developing its new recertification framework for pharmacists

Submissions are rolling in on new regulations for selling vaping products but there are signs the­ ­pharmacy sector’s interest in selling such products is on the wane

It is “crucial” to indigenise your pharmacy in order to establish a culturally safe environment as the existing one-sided systems fail, according to health researcher and psychiatrist Diana Kopua. Anna Lee reports  

Unichem Hickeys Pharmacy in Ōrewa became one of the few pharmacies to experience what business owners dread – being visited by a customer with COVID-19.  Owner Ken Hickey speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how he and his team dealt with the aftermath,  and offers tips for how to cope

Moore Markhams Auckland director Jonathan Roberts urges pharmacists to develop their financial literacy so they can take charge of their own destiny

Canada’s business-friendly laws on product health claims has led Dunedin-based Blis Technologies to halve its earnings forecast in preparation for a stab at expanding its market share off-shore

One of the first graduates of the University of Otago’s degree course in pharmacy, Margaret Sumich, reflects on the transformation of the profession over the past 60 years. She talks to reporter Anna Lee