Vaccines

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

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. 

From a pharmacy point of view, we can only stand back and gaze, with jaws dropped, at the lapses in judgement unfolding with the latest measles outbreak. 

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. 

From a pharmacy point of view, we can only stand back and gaze, with jaws dropped, at the lapses in judgement unfolding with the latest measles outbreak. 

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

Medicine shortages are increasing worldwide, especially in Europe and the US where stocks of hundreds of medicines are low at any given time

Police in Samoa have filed a manslaughter charge against a nurse over the death of two babies last month after they received the MMR vaccine