Pharmaceutical Society

The Pharmaceutical Society is asking the Pharmacy Council to delay its proposed changes to the pharmacist recertification process until 2022 and is backing its request with results from a recent survey of the profession. 

Unprecedented changes to the way the New Zealand health system is organised are coming and pharmacists need to be involved at the top levels where decisions are made

The Pharmaceutical Society says a recently published coroner's report into the death of a man taking clozapine highlights the need for pharmacists to provide a wraparound service for patients taking the drug

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand says community pharmacists are in an “ideal position” to help improve physical health outcomes for mental health patients

In a pre-Budget funding announcement earlier today, the Government announced $3.92 billion in extra funding for DHBs over the next four years, but Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is “sceptical” the pharmacy sector will benefit from it.  

The Pharmaceutical Society is calling for District Health Boards to fund pharmacists to provide essential healthcare services for vulnerable populations as the New Zealand health system recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pharmacy sector leadership groups are standing firm against accusations they haven’t done enough to support pharmacists during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

All community pharmacists and pharmacy staff are now eligible for a funded influenza vaccination due to COVID-19. 

With so much change caused by COVID-19 afoot, Pharmacy Today is asking what other updates pharmacists want to see 

Pharmacy sector leadership groups are standing firm against accusations they haven’t done enough to support pharmacists during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis