September 2017

Buddha once said: "When your mouth is open, you're not learning anything." Though he's not the first person you would think of for a pharmacy-related quote, it's a concept that has paid off for Steve and Mary Roberts, who have adopted it wholeheartedly.

It was a night spent celebrating success, service and white coat fashion at the first Green Cross Health University of Otago Pharmacy Awards held on 11 August.

Another group of Otago Pharmacy students have returned home full of ideas after attending a conference overseas.

Two pharmacy students who participated in a pilot interprofessional learning project, together with student physiotherapists, are enthusiastic about their experience.

The results of the unannounced pharmacy audit trial are in and the standards are lower than expected.

Green Cross Health is not concerned about the impending arrival of large Australian competitor Chemist Warehouse to New Zealand.

The Waitemata DHB is advocating for codeine to become a prescription-only medicine, after a vote at its August meeting.

A group of final-year Otago pharmacy students have launched a campaign to raise awareness about prescription subsidies, and it's proving to be a success.

When pharmacy technician Sandra Edmondson decided she wanted to "get out of her comfort zone", she didn't picture herself working on a remote island in the Pacific, in a pharmacy that doubles as a clinic and a bloods' lab.