October 2022

The pace of change can be extraordinarily slow when the pressure is on and the country’s health professionals wait for news on their workforce future.

THE VAST majority of COVID-19 antivirals dispensed in New Zealand is still getting to patients via a prescription, despite pharmacists being permitted to supply the pills without a script since 28 July.

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

Tim Jones likes to be on the right side of history, even though he might have started out on the dark side

WITH MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR, multi-level marketing corporates propelling the global rise of essential oils over the past 15 years, concerns have been widespread over their misuse.

A dispute over the upskilling of community pharmacists for new roles in general practice has broken out, just as Te Whatu Ora prepares to usher in more of them, reports Ruth Brown

With decision-makers including health minister Andrew Little talking seriously about implementing a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy, Jonathan Chilton-Towle spoke to Scottish pharmacist Bernadette Brown about her experience of working in a health system that already has an entrenched pharmacy-based programme

South Korean-born James Yu is embedded in te ao Māori. His pharmacy lies almost straight ahead when you walk through the doors of the beautiful premises of Te Kōhao Health in Hamilton East.

Jonathan Chilton-Towle talks to Clyde “Aussie” Browne who would love to hang up his white coat but just can’t attract a buyer to relieve him of his dispensary duties

An inquest into the death of a young man who had been vaccinated at a Dunedin pharmacy was held last month. Oscar Francis and Rob Kidd from the Otago Daily Times report