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Australian firm Slade Health is setting up a cancer-drug compounding facility in west Auckland which spells job uncertainty for staff at Auckland DHB, reports Steve Hart

Drop by drop, community pharmacy’s pool of locums has been evaporating for years. But the sector’s feeling the pinch all the more now that DHBs around country are reeling in locums for their COVID-19 vaccination programmes

Drop by drop, community pharmacy’s pool of locums has been evaporating for years. But the sector’s feeling the pinch all the more now that DHBs around country are reeling in locums for their COVID-19 vaccination programmes

Australian firm Slade Health is setting up a cancer-drug compounding facility in west Auckland which spells job uncertainty for staff at Auckland DHB, reports Steve Hart

The Pharmacy Guild will ask DHBs to boost funding to cover the expected rise in costs created for pharmacy owners by the Government’s proposed expansion of sick leave entitlements. 

Natural Health Products New Zealand has appointed BioEquitas’ managing director Samantha Gray to the role of government affairs director

The Pharmacy Guild will ask DHBs to boost funding to cover the expected rise in costs created for pharmacy owners by the Government’s proposed expansion of sick leave entitlements. 

The Pharmacy Council has distributed nearly $900,000 in workforce relief payments to pharmacies across New Zealand

Consumer New Zealand, a watchdog organisation “dedicated to getting New Zealanders a fairer deal”, is in hot water with the pharmacy sector after posting on social media a 2003 cover highly critical of the profession

Pharmacists, as well as dishing out lotions and potions to help physical ails, frequently dispense advice on the importance of practising self-care and good mental health. But sometimes taking your own advice can be a hard pill to swallow.