March 2020

Together, Peter van de Weijer and Jono Hoogerbrug from Waitematā DHB have developed a new way to address the issue of growing waiting lists

Clinical pharmacist Leanne Te Karu is dedicated to serving the people and communities in greatest need

Winning Pharmacy Guild Community Pharmacy of the Year was not the only award Christchurch’s Longhurst Pharmacy picked up at the gala night

In what is thought to be a world first, Jackie Clapperton is forging a novel path for nurse practitioners by combining her unique skills for the benefit of her community

We are delighted to bring you winners and runners-up finalists in all 21 categories of the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

A focus on relationships and kindness has rained success down on Adrian Tucker as the “superstar” winner of the Supreme Award in the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

High-achieving Leanne Te Karu is scrambling to process the praise piled upon her after winning the Community or Primary Healthcare Pharmacist of the Year Award at the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

Juggling full-time work, with raising two children, planning a wedding and studying for her Level 6 specialist technician course are all in a day’s work for Kapiti pharmacy technician Samantha Burgess

The Health Practitioners Dis­ciplinary Tribunal last month censured a Kapiti pharmacist for threatening to burn down a former neighbour’s house and dousing two men with petrol

Licensed to supply both funded and non-funded medicines including pharmacist only, pharmacy only and OTC medicines, Anna Lee reports some pharmacists have questioned the model of a new digital dispensing pharmacy, saying it's a “recipe for disaster” – particularly when it comes to fraudulent scripts