February 2021

Rhiannon Braund has become president of the Pharmaceutical Society at an especially turbulent time. Jonathan Chilton-Towle  speaks to her about the goals she will strive for during her presidency

Lucky as I was to travel the length of the country over the summer break, a highlight for me was exploring the treasures of Ōamaru

The Ministry of Health’s plans for the New Zealand pharmacy sector can be summed up in two words: medicines optimisation

The online platform supporting the Pharmacy Council’s pharmacist recertification in New Zealand is nearing completion this month

Former Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael has moved his ­award-winning Pharmacy 547 in central Hamilton and merged its staff and services with nearby Anglesea Pharmacy

Counties Manukau DHB, Papatoetoe’s ProHealth Pharmacy and a south Auckland high school jumped in at the last minute to vaccinate 16 school leavers against measles, mumps and rubella just before the end of term last year

It appears many New Zealand pharmacies finished a turbulent 2020 on a ­much-welcomed high, with average retail sales up 6 per cent from December 2019

The Ministry of Health has ­revealed only 4150 of 350,000 MMR vaccines bought last year for a targeted programme have been administered since July 2020, and only 45 by pharmacist vaccinators 

Community pharmacy staff will likely be prioritised to receive early vaccinations when stocks of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 vaccine enter the country soon