October 2020

Pharmacy profits have climbed slightly for the first time in seven years but this is likely due to an abnormally busy March created by COVID-19, the latest Moore Markhams Pharmacy Benchmarking Survey shows

As Auckland struggles to get back to Alert Level 1, it’s interesting to note the impact of COVID-19 on crowd behaviour

Most pharmacists responding to a survey by Pharmacy Today are not keen on the Pharmacy Council’s proposed changes to their recertification process and want the change delayed

The $18 million fund promised to pharmacy in June remains entirely unspent as no community pharmacies have ­applied for financial assistance, according to the Ministry of Health

The fickle year of 2020 for pharmacy has felt like a game of Monopoly. That seemingly never-ending game named ­after the domination of a market by a single entity

Hospital pharmacy workers in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty began strike action last month after contract negotiations with their respective DHBs sputtered to a standstill

Countdown Pharmacy boss Jeremy Armes is calling on the DHBs to simplify the way pharmacies are paid for their dispensing services. 

An Upper Hutt pharmacist’s appeal to health minister Chris Hipkins over the sector’s struggles resulted in a “fluke” one-on-one meeting at his office in Taitā, Wellington, last month

Two pharmacists who work at Chemist Warehouse stores speak out to dispel myths about the chain’s quality of service. Anna Lee reports