Technician

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Pharmacy technicians play an essential role in the safe delivery of medications to patients in community pharmacies and in hospitals throughout New Zealand

Reliability through trying times and showing initiative are the hallmarks of New Zealand’s top pharmacy technician for 2021

Reliability through trying times and showing initiative are the hallmarks of New Zealand’s top pharmacy technician for 2021

In her first year at Life Pharmacy North City in Porirua, pharmacy technician Sonya Scrimshaw had no dispensary manager; in the subsequent three years she worked with five different managers

Pharmacy technicians are asking for an easier pathway to qualify as pharmacists, and the head of the Auckland School of Pharmacy believes the idea is worth considering

Pharmacy technicians are asking for an easier pathway to become qualified as pharmacists and the head of the Auckland School of Pharmacy believes the idea is worth considering

Pharmacy Technician Day (20 October 2020) is a great time to reflect on the important role that pharmacy technicians play within the New Zealand healthcare system

Hospital pharmacy workers in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty began strike action last month after contract negotiations with their respective DHBs sputtered to a standstill

Thirty-four Waikato DHB pharmacy workers have gone on partial strike today in an effort to progress collective bargaining after receiving an “unacceptable” offer last month