Community Pharmacy

When Auckland pharmacist Marium Slaimankhel travelled to Afghanistan last September to get married she thought by now she would be living happily back in New Zealand with her new husband, and maybe even showing him the breathtaking beauty of Queenstown in winter 

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase

When Auckland pharmacist Marium Slaimankhel travelled to Afghanistan last September to get married she thought by now she would be living happily back in New Zealand with her new husband, and maybe even showing him the breathtaking beauty of Queenstown in winter 

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is calling for the ­annual pharmacy contract review negotiations to come out from behind closed doors

Pharmacists are accusing the Ministry of Health of double ­standards after learning Australian discount chain Chemist Ware­house is recommended to patients at managed isolation facilities across the country  

The future of pharmacy attracted an enthusiastic crowd to Pharmacy Today’s first Popcorn Panel webinar, with ideas for improvement, questions about how to do it and widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo

Following on from the Popcorn Panel several attendees sent in their ideas for saving community pharmacy

New Zealand pharmacies en­dured an extraordinary ­influx of prescriptions during COVID-19, leaving some questioning whether it is time for New Zealand to implement a similar dispensing level guideline to that of Australia

Coffee and the gym are indispensable for early career pharmacist Sherry Arvari who works at Unichem Tuakau which is having a very busy year. Sherry talks to Pharmacy Today reporter Anna Lee