June 2022

Pharmacists around New Zealand are ecstatic that the $5 prescription fee has been removed in the 2023 Budget. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

In all the talk of health reforms over the past year, not too much has been mentioned about the Public Health Agency, which will sit as a business unit in the Ministry of Health and, along with other functions, replace the Health Promotion Agency

A spat between doctor and pharmacist representative bodies in Australia over pharmacist-prescribing trials in Queensland has spilled into the mainstream media. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Pharmacy owners are happy to be receiving recompense for existing and future telehealth initiatives but for some it has gone completely under the radar, Paulette Crowley reports

THE NUMBER of pharmacists joining forces against two DHBs has grown to 80, says Clive Cannons, who heads the New Zealand Independent Community Pharmacy Group.

THE DHBS HAVE made a pay offer to 10,000 allied health workers, including 400 hospital pharmacy staff, that may put an end to a long-running dispute.

The expansion of Bargain Chemist is stepping up, with the New Zealand owners saying they are responding to demand, Paulette Crowley writes

Pharmaceutical Society president Professor Rhiannon Braund reflects on the pressure on professional bodies, especially during a pandemic

Unichem Leabank Pharmacy owner Jes Patel answers Pharmacy Today’s questions about his life and work

Engaging with Tairāwhiti Māori in their communities was key to vaccination success for pharmacist Kevin Pewhairangi, Paulette Crowley writes