February 2018

Changes to eight health-related laws mean more health practitioners can issue sick or injury certificates – a job  ­previously only doctors have been considered qualified to do.
 

The first Unichem Maxx, could be perceived, with its promised “crazy low prices” on retail items, as an attempt to join the discount pharmacy game, but Green Cross Health stresses this is not the case.

Armed with a vacuum cleaner and disinfectant, staff at a Blenheim pharmacy had a busy morning cleaning up after thousands of bugs invaded the store.

With Chemist Warehouse bursting onto the scene late last year offering zero prescription fees, prescription pricing has again become a topic of conversation

John Rowe, 89, is a retired pharmacist, keen birdwatcher and adrenaline junkie, but first and foremost, he’s an avid conservationist 

Tihei mauri ora. Nga mihi o te tau hou ki a tatou katoa.

Greetings and blessings of the season and the New Year to us all.

From humble beginnings as a retail assistant in her local pharmacy during high school, to receiving a Distinguished Practice Award from the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Jane Dawson’s pharmacy career has been far from ordinary.

The founder of Toniq, Clive Davidson, will step down at the end of March, after enjoying three decades in the pharmacy industry.

Don’t drop the ball on accuracy and punctuality with employees’ income tax deductions – failure has serious consequences, writes Belinda Canton

Global online retailer Amazon launched its Australian website last week, and, so far, the New Zealand pharmacy sector should be spared from increased competition from online medicines sales for at least a year.