April 2021

New Zealand’s 2021 flu vaccination programme will definitely start on 14 April, says Immunisation Advisory Centre national influenza coordinator Barbara McArdle

On 5 March, Ōpōtiki Pharmacy staff spent five hours standing in a local paddock instead of on the pharmacy floor

An Auckland pharmacist has been censured and fined $2000 by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for working without an ­annual practising certificate and providing incorrect information to the Pharmacy Council

A report due last year detailing plans for a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy has now been folded into the Community Pharmacy Services and Funding Model Review

ReCare, a digital tool that helps pharmacies offer more clinical services, is now serving as a prompt for pharmacists to talk to unvaccinated patients and alert them to potential medicine harm incidents

A claim by Chemist Warehouse that it is New Zealand’s “number one online pharmacy” has been shot down by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint

Like many pharmacies in the country’s tourist spots, Fiordland Pharmacy has suffered a downturn in turnover as a result of international travel restrictions

Steve Hart tests the temperature in Queenstown where the downturn in overseas traffic due to border closures has had dire consequences for some

Tina Hillier programme coordinator of ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, looks at products for diversifying the retail range on the shop floor

Varicose veins are swollen and bloated veins, usually found in the legs and feet. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how pharmacy staff can assist patients with this unsightly and potentially dangerous condition