December 2022

A more detailed workforce survey shows a clearer picture of pharmacist staffing levels, with about 27 per cent of pharmacists working part time, reports Paulette Crowley

After 101 years, the Hastings UFS Dispensary has closed its doors because it cannot find a pharmacist to run it 

A health-check service set up by an ED doctor to cut the rate of preventable deaths is making its way into pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports on developments

PSNZ LOST NEARLY $260,000 last year, primarily due to members leaving because meeting professional development targets no longer required them to be part of the ENHANCE programme 

A gastro bug can certainly take the shine off a summer holiday. Pharmacist Darshana Kanjee from Life Pharmacy Dunedin gives an overview of the causes with recommendations for patients

Summer’s here and so is a new host of health and beauty products to help customers make the most of it. Tina Hillier, from Christchurch’s ENGAGE Pharmacy Group, writes 

With the arrival of summer, many Kiwis will take the plunge into lakes, pools and the sea. But the water conceals a host of nasties that can make us sick. Pharmacist Hee Seung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to help customers with common water-related ailments

Even if you trust the prescriber to do his or her job, pharmacists must also ensure medicines information is passed on to the patient, writes Máté Hegedus-Gaspar, pharmacist and non-practising lawyer

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes discusses shingles, a painful and potentially severe condition caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus

Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, explains the value of social prescribing which can be incorporated into any pharmacy practice