April 2022

Zahra Tabar brings a business head to pharmacy and says the sector will look very different in 10 years’ time, Paulette Crowley writes

It’s a Tuesday and at midday there’s another media stand-up at Parliament with directorgeneral of health Ashley Bloomfield, this time flanked by Joe Bourne, a GP from Te Puke, and also Ministry of Health primary care lead.

A few pharmacies have had to close temporarily and many staff are feeling slammed as a result of COVID-related absences, according to a Pharmacy Today survey. Paulette Crowley reports

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand has spent its time and energy on supporting its members and working with decision-makers, rather than talking to the media, says president Rhiannon Braund

Nearly 90 Pharmacies nationwide have put their hands up to dispense free rapid antigen tests to eligible Kiwis.

Hopes rise that the Government will revisit the copayment issue, Paulette Crowley reports

Community pharmacists are delivering more COVID-19 booster shots than any vaccinator group in the country, including general practice and permanent vaccination centres.

D day for annual practising certificates has arrived and an online survey suggests pharmacists still have mixed views about the new process, Paulette Crowley reports

Pharmacies will notice no changes to their contracts or be required to do any extra paperwork to ensure they keep getting paid when the DHBs are replaced by Health New Zealand from July.

Locum pharmacist Sarah Mooney crunches the numbers to see whether working as a locum pharmacist is really worth it