February 2023

A PHARMACY COUNCIL Professional Conduct Committee will lay a charge against pharmacist Shane Chafin with the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, Pharmacy Today understands. 

The Pharmacy Guild says the Pharmacy Council should not increase its annual practising certificate fee by more than 3 per cent, while PSNZ is asking for more transparency on why the fee needs to increase.

Pharmacist Claire Salter gave up her full-time job to spend the whole of 2022 in a te reo Māori immersion course. She writes the experience has changed the way she thinks

Pharmacist Hassan Abomary has thought long and hard about how the future of pharmacy could look. He talks to Paulette Crowley about his observations and thoughts

In our series “A great place to work”, Pharmacy Today highlights pharmacies offering a work culture that attracts and retains staff. This month, we visit Unichem Miramar Pharmacy in Wellington. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

After a pandemic-related lull in ceremonies to celebrate pharmacy’s high achievers, festivities were held by PSNZ in Auckland at the end of last year. 

Over the past 48 years, Keith Crump has tried most of the opportunities a career in pharmacy can offer, but finds himself drawn back to his first love – the psych unit. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling

Once again, just over 40 per cent of pharmacies are meeting all criteria in Medsafe’s audit requirements. Paulette Crowley reports 

Journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi visits the Cook Islands on a scholarship and delves deep into the workings of the nation’s health system, including the hospital pharmacy 

THE MEDICINES Classification Committee decision not to ease restrictions on low-dose cannabidiol, means businesses have no incentive to bring these products to market, a Hamilton-based pharmacist says.