July 2023

The Independent Community Pharmacy Group had their day in court and they won on the question of pharmacy ownership. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

As more independent pharmacies close and increasing numbers of discounters open, smaller pharmacies are being urged to advertise that their prescriptions are now free and to highlight their points of difference.

TWO FRESH FACES have been elected to the board of the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand, according to voting results made public on 14 June.

The Health Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal has found Auckland pharmacist Nee Nee Ong guilty of most aspects of a charge of professional misconduct, including checking scripts remotely while overseas on a cruise.

When University of Otago social pharmacy researcher Pauline Norris first heard prescription copayments were going to be dropped, she didn’t believe it, writes Natasha Jojoa Burling

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at AI and its implications for pharmacy

June was Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month. Pharmacist extraordinaire Natalie Gauld (ONZM, DipPharm, MPharm, PhD, FPS) shares her experiences of being diagnosed with the disease

Pharmacy student Mitchell Wong canvases his fellow students on how uni life is shaping up. This month he profiles Sue In Lee

Pharmacists had a chance to reconnect and recognise their outstanding peers at the Pharmaceutical Society’s first conference since the pandemic hit. ‘Just Breathe’ was meant to take place in 2020 but was cancelled due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. The two-day conference was finally held on 17 and 18 June at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Mt Wellington, Auckland. Paulette Crowley and Natasha Jojoa Burling went along