RNZCGP

Pharmac and Te Whatu Ora want community pharmacies to be offering childhood immunisations from March

The RNZCGP has established a board and management working group to investigate the college’s high staff turnover

The Government is being challenged to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines – a practice that has been a concern for a long time, says Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund

Specialist GP Bryan Betty talks about his stoical mother, Catholic school education, and stints in improv theatre and mining-town doctoring. Alan Perrott draws together the threads between these experiences and the leadership for which Dr Betty is renowned

As the need for COVID-19 vaccinations dissipates, a raft of other vaccines is now on the table with more to come for pharmacy. But as many board the vaccine train to expand clinical services – and keep the money rolling in – questions are raised about whether the vaccine free-for-all is the answer to revenue woes. Paulette Crowley and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

Pharmacists are quietly confident they will be up to the task of offering childhood vaccinations should a proposal before the Medicines Classification Committee to expand access to vaccines get the green light

As the need for COVID-19 vaccinations dissipates, a raft of other vaccines is now on the table with more to come for pharmacy. But as many board the vaccine train to expand clinical services – and keep the money rolling in – questions are raised about whether the vaccine free-for-all is the answer to revenue woes. Paulette Crowley and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

PHARMACIST VACCINATORS Valentina Missen and Vanessa Green are role modelling how to get customers on board for getting fully vaccinated

As the need for COVID-19 vaccinations dissipates, a raft of other vaccines is now on the table with more to come for pharmacy. But as many board the vaccine train to expand clinical services – and keep the money rolling in – questions are raised about whether the vaccine free-for-all is the answer to revenue woes. Paulette Crowley and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

PHARMACIST VACCINATORS Valentina Missen and Vanessa Green are role modelling how to get customers on board for getting fully vaccinated.