Pharmaceutical Society

PSNZ will pay every pharmacy hosting an international intern this year $2000 out of its own pocket

Pharmacy and the broader health sector is today reacting to the news that prime minister Christopher Luxon has stood down health minister Shane Reti after just 15 months in the role. Mr Luxon is replacing Dr Reti with former transport minister Simeon Brown.  

PSNZ has named the top intern and top preceptors of 2024. The winners were Olive Harvey North as the top intern and Life Pharmacy Matamata’s Louise Hofer as top preceptor

Pharmacists received an unwelcome Christmas present this holiday season, when they found out PSNZ will this year reduce payments to intern preceptors and increase intern fees, especially for overseas interns.  

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

Two recent pharmacy workforce surveys have highlighted the unsustainable pressures pharmacy workers are facing, as Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

When Donna Skeen started working as a shop assistant in a pharmacy aged 15 years old, pharmacy accuracy checking technicians didn’t exist

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand has restructured and refocused on providing essential services to members after losing more than $400,000 last year

Two recent pharmacy workforce surveys have highlighted the unsustainable pressures pharmacy workers are facing, as Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports