Opportunities and overwork for Māori pharmacists

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Opportunities and overwork for Māori pharmacists

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Guest Writer

By Jordan Macdonald
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Brendon McIntosh and Karen Hattaway at the launch of a kaupapa Māori vaccination campaign in Queenstown last year

Jordan Macdonald, a community pharmacist in Dunedin and executive member of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā (MPA), reflects on the demands of COVID-19, with help from other members of the organisation

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunity, height­ened anxiety, depleted energy­levels and identified gaps in the provision of pharmacy services.