COVID-19

Unichem Hickeys Pharmacy in Ōrewa became one of the few pharmacies to experience what business owners dread – being visited by a customer with COVID-19.  Owner Ken Hickey speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how he and his team dealt with the aftermath,  and offers tips for how to cope

Counties Manukau DHB is considering whether to step in to provide community pharmacy and GP ­services in the event that private businesses collapse

Registrations of new pharmacists are down 11.1 per cent from the previous year, but Pharmacy Council chief executive Michael Pead explains it was the result of a COVID-19-related glitch

Eight months on from the original announcement of an $18 ­million COVID fund for pharmacy, $431,875 has now been allocated

The Pharmacy Council nearly broke even last year because it slowed several significant projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Unichem Hickeys Pharmacy in Ōrewa became one of the few pharmacies to experience what business owners dread – being visited by a customer with COVID-19.  Owner Ken Hickey speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how he and his team dealt with the aftermath,  and offers tips for how to cope

The 25th of this month marks a year since New Zealand’s government-ordered COVID-19 lockdown first began

To ensure efficiency in the COVID-19 vaccine delivery district health boards are using different approaches, appropriate to their specific regional delivery models, to ensure as much of the available vaccine as possible is used

The government is being urged to consider vaccinating South Aucklanders first when the community rollout starts

A survey of primary care doctors, nurses and managers found special vaccination centres would be the most popular of suggested venues for giving COVID-19 vaccines