Auckland

Auckland’s Silverdale Medical is threatening to shut down its urgent-care service due to what its CEO says is a lack of funding from Te Whatu Ora

With prescriptions for medicinal cannabis on the rise, a group of 40 Auckland pharmacists last week toured New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis production facility to learn more about the product

TAKING RISKS IN business is something Abdul Eraki is familiar with. He and a fellow student had taken out a lease on a pharmacy before they’d passed their internship more than nine years ago.

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS should be aware of the signs of methamphetamine poisoning after a potentially lethal dose of the drug was found in lollies donated to the Auckland City Mission.

Taking risks in business is something Abdul Eraki is familiar with. He and a fellow student had taken out a lease on a pharmacy before they’d passed their internship more than nine years ago

IT IS THE END of an era for Life Pharmacy Pakuranga in east Auckland as it closes its doors after five decades.

It is the end of an era for Life Pharmacy Pakuranga in east Auckland as it closes its doors after five decades

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, was disestablished at the end of last month.

Mental health pharmacist Keith Crump is retiring after 50 years of work in the field. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling about trying to make a difference 

Outreach vaccinators Georgina Tucker and Chris Leung spend a lot of their days vaccinating Auckland babies and toddlers in their homes as part of the Rapid Response Home Visiting Team for the Uri Ririki- Child Health Connection Centre. They tell Paulette Crowley why their job is such a privilege