Community Pharmacy

Gordon’s Pharmacy in Gisborne has long been dedicated to going the extra mile, with twice-daily medication deliveries to rural communities up to 200km away. Now their strategies are smoothing the transition to COVID-19 restrictions for staff and patients. Anna Lee reports

Moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 will offer no respite to the pharmacy sector’s devastating retail sales slump, according to RPM Retail chief executive, John Saywell

Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group survey of pharmacies show 20 out of 128 are struggling with new demands put on them by the COVD-19 crisis 

COVID-19 is compounding years of neglect with many pharmacies now in the red following a slump in dispensing and retail sales, Andrew Gaudin told the parliamentary epidemic response committee today 

 From a pharmacy drive-through to twice-daily deliveries to rural communities up to 200km away, Gordon’s Pharmacy in Gisborne is dedicated to going the extra mile 

A “one-size-fits-all" approach to pandemic planning adds to injustice, which is increasing the risk for disadvantaged New Zealanders   

Green Cross Health and the Pharmacy Guild are urging the Government to waive the $5-dollar prescription co-payment fee for vulnerable populations to ensure delivery of the equitable response needed during COVID-19  

Vaccinators will no longer have to have portable oxygen on site when carrying out immunisations

Young Christchurch pharmacist Laura Pidcock recalls the good, the bad and the chaotic of the past three weeks, while keeping safe in her bubble 

Community pharmacies’ bank balances should look a little healthier, as all $15 million of the support package promised to the sector has been promptly paid out