Vaccination

Pharmacists will be able to give measles, mumps and rubella vaccines from early December in areas at the centre of the measles outbreak, but those in other regions will wait longer

Pharmacists will now be able to give the MMR vaccine - as soon as contracts with DHBs are agreed on

IMAC director Nikki Turner makes the case for allowing MMR vaccinations at pharmacies, pop-up clinics and occupational health providers 

Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand president Ian ­McMichael makes a plea for pharmacists to be heard and recognised for the larger contribution they could make to ­improving the health of New Zealanders 

The call to review restrictions on pharmacist vaccinators is getting louder – and not just to enable MMR vaccines to be given in pharmacies

Open outside of normal business hours and on weekends, with no appointments necessary, pharmacies are well placed to boost public uptake of the measles vaccine, many believe. 

The call to review restrictions on pharmacist vaccinators is getting louder – and not just to enable MMR vaccines to be given in pharmacies

Open outside of normal business hours and on weekends, with no appointments necessary, pharmacies are well placed to boost public uptake of the measles vaccine, many believe. 

Flu, whooping cough, measles – what’s coming next? Vaccination has never been more important. Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney discusses vaccines pharmacists can currently administer, and looks at the steps needed to become a pharmacist vaccinator and to set up a vaccination service in the pharmacy