Pharmaceutical Society

THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY will tell the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic.

The workforce woes keep coming as being understaffed and underpaid continues to pile pressure on exhausted pharmacy staff. And fewer students are choosing to become pharmacists, reports Paulette Crowley

“The quiet achiever” is how the Pharmaceutical Society’s departing chief executive officer is described by his colleagues

THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY has appointed Helen Morgan-Banda as its new chief executive.

The Government is being challenged to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines – a practice that has been a concern for a long time, says Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund

Frustration at patients’ lack of understanding about pharmacy prompted Paige Rangi, then a pharmacy student, to study what could be done, writes Paulette Crowley

The Pharmaceutical Society will tell Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic

Pharmacists had a chance to reconnect and recognise their outstanding peers at the Pharmaceutical Society’s first conference since the pandemic hit. ‘Just Breathe’ was meant to take place in 2020 but was cancelled due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. The two-day conference was finally held on 17 and 18 June at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Mt Wellington, Auckland. Paulette Crowley and Natasha Jojoa Burling went along

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL of the pharmacy workforce is a top priority for health minister Ayesha Verrall.

PHARMACIST DANNY WU is the interim wayfinder for Te Whatu Ora’s northern region, leading commissioning teams for health services from Ōtāhuhu to Cape Reinga.