Community Pharmacy

Fiona Cassies reports on the Hastings pharmacy that is also New Zealand's luckiest Lotto shop

Most patients are shocked to discover pharmacists aren’t funded to provide many of the free patient services they use, a pilot study indicates

During last year’s negotiations over the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement, the number of pharmacies in New Zealand was predicted to consolidate due to more competition and a new funding environment

It’s Budget time again, and by now, you’ll know the results of the Government’s Welfare Budget

Pharmac is lifting restrictions on paracetamol dispensing as the shortage comes to an end

Becoming the country’s “largest cul-de-sac” following the Kaikōura quake helped hasten the closure of the Cheviot community’s long-standing pharmacy depot

When the first Chemist Warehouse opened in Auckland, the discount pharmacy giant was tipped to swiftly dominate the New Zealand pharmacy market, as it has done in Australia where it has more than 400 stores. A year and a half later, there are five stores in Auckland, with a least one more opening soon

Work is continuing on a proposal by Auckland region DHBs to limit the number of pharmacies able to provide age-related residential care services in the face of concerns about inflexibility and potential loss of jobs

A Hawke’s Bay pharmacy inviting families of asthmatic Māori and Pasifika children to take part in an “warrant of fitness” check led to 80 per cent of children improving their asthma control

Seven Nirvana pharmacies have been slapped with a $92,500 fine for underpaying 13 trainee technicians