April 2021

It would have come as some relief to many pharmacists when the Pharmacy Council announced a breather on its plans for ongoing professional development

Auckland School of Pharmacy staff were last week trying to make sense of the “enormous shock” of their colleague Elizabeth Bangera being fatally stabbed on 19 March

Next month, some of the country’s top primary healthcare professionals will gather to celebrate innovation, success and the best of the best at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora (NZPHA)

This month, Pharmacy Today is pleased to launch CAPTURE, our new online tool to help subscribers keep track of their favourite articles and up to date with their learning as they work towards ­requirements under the new Pharmacy Council recertification framework

With discounters eating into profits, funding that doesn’t cover business overheads and the higher cost of doing business, it’s no wonder the closure of small, independent pharmacies is predicted. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates the sustainability of the sector to identify the pressure points and opportunities

A Pharmacy Today online survey reveals some anxiety about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine and other concerns about logistics and overload from the population-wide rollout of the vaccination programme 

From blurred boundaries to the next big thing in pharmacy, Pauline McQuoid chats to Anna Lee about clinical pharmacy and life in the beautiful Bay of Plenty

Gisborne pharmacy owners are questioning Tairāwhiti DHB’s motives after learning the first discount pharmacy is set to open in the area

Andi Shirtcliffe is the highest ranked pharmacist at the Ministry of Health. She speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what she does all day and the misunderstanding many pharmacists have about her role

Fewer than half of pharmacies audited in the last quarter of 2020 are achieving “full compliance”, according to the latest Pharmacy Quality Audits figures, falling from 56 to 45 per cent on the previous quarter