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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.  

Deliberate policies to increase the Māori and Pacific health workforce add positive disruptors to a system designed to produce poor equity outcomes, says public health professor Peter Crampton  

Five leading pharmacy organisations are requesting the Pharmacy Council release the results of its consultation on proposed changes to pharmacists’ continuing education requirements, but the council is not budging

Customer bullying of pharmacy staff may be on the rise, but don’t take it personally, says Pharmacy Defence Association executive officer Kurt Docherty

Customer bullying of pharmacy staff may be on the rise, but don’t take it personally, says Pharmacy Defence Association executive officer Kurt Docherty