Pharmacy Guild

The Prescription Access Initiative is holding on to hope that the change in Government may not result in the $5 prescription fee being reintroduced

Pharmacy sector representatives are disappointed Te Whatu Ora has not budged from the 5 per cent funding increase it put on the table at the start of pharmacy contract talks

Pharmacists’ salaries are growing faster than any other job, according to Trade Me Jobs figures. However, the Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand says wages are still low compared to other professions 

The Pharmacy Guild is concerned community pharmacy staff will be lured away by the promise of higher pay at hospitals. 

A Northland pharmacist believes mayhem will result when she has to tell her customers the minor-ailments scheme (MAS) is over. Meanwhile, a pharmacist in an excluded area says there have been a lot of missed opportunities.

The Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmacy Guild are lobbying for the minor ailments scheme to continue beyond its finish date of 30 September

A group of pharmacists who pushed for prescription fees to be removed is vowing to continue to fight to keep this change in the wake of National’s latest health policy announcement.

With the election fast approaching and National and ACT gaining support in the polls, the Pharmacy Guild is urging those parties not to bring back prescription fees

Vaping rates are rising as fast as tobacco rates are dropping, particularly in children and adolescents. Paulette Crowley takes a look at what part pharmacy could play in reducing vaping

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.