Community Pharmacy

Pharmacy sector leaders are welcoming the appointment of a new health minister and his associates

Rotorua pharmacy owner Charlotte Schimanski talks to Anna Lee about juggling family life with pharmacy ownership, governance roles and learning te reo Māori

Young pharmacist Laura Pidcock reflects on the many and various characters who pass through pharmacy

Christchurch pharmacist Simon James Blue, who misappropriated nearly 7000 Ritalin tablets, has been censured and ordered to pay more than $8000 after he worked without an Annual Practising Certificate

Unichem Alexandra Phar­macy has stepped up to the plate after the Central Otago town’s visitor information centre closed

Retail figures have “definitely returned to normal this month”, says RPM Retail chief executive John Saywell. But, he warns, community pharmacies aren’t out of the woods just yet

Some pharmacies which mistakenly claimed the wage subsidy have already repaid it, pharmacy sector accountants say. 

Countdown Pharmacy boss Jeremy Armes is calling on the DHBs to simplify the way pharmacies are paid for their dispensing services. 

The Pharmacy Council will not lift its annual practising certificate fee next year and has announced other measures to provide relief to a pharmacy sector hit hard by COVID-19

Countdown Pharmacy boss Jeremy Armes is calling on the DHBs to simplify the way pharmacies are paid for their dispensing services.