COVID-19

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand says payments for COVID19 vaccinations alone amounted to a funding boost of over 17 per cent for pharmacies last year.

Tim O’Donoghue and John Foreman, the Kiwi pharmacists who founded Green Light Pharmacy in the UK, speak to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about a recent survey of pharmacy consults in England that documents patient care in pharmacy

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about rapid expansion of the vaccinator workforce. Building on that success, new vaccinating roles have been developed to support the regular vaccination programmes, explain Sally Schnauer and Victoria Rameke

Pharmacists can now supply COVID-19 antivirals without a prescription but it appears not many have actually done so due to strict access criteria. 

A government announcement that pharmacists could dispense two COVID-19 antivirals without prescription from 28 July created a stir recently, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

People choosing not to wear masks in indoor settings are like drunk drivers risking lives by spreading Covid-19, according to epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker

The New Zealand Primary Healthcare | He Tohu Mauri Ora awards have been cancelled for the second year running 

The latest Omicron variant BA.5 is fast becoming dominant worldwide, including in New Zealand and Australia. As it continues to surge, reinfection will become increasingly common and this in turn means more people will develop long COVID

Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund says “hand on heart” at least some pharmacies will be supplying the COVID-19 antivirals Paxlovid and Lagevrio without a prescription by 28 July

The Pharmaceutical Society has clarified its call for pharmacists to be authorised to order lab tests