November 2017

From South Auckland to the South Island, we look at how various health IT initiatives are rolling out around the country.

Sending an eight-year-old  boy who spoke no English to intermediate school in New Zealand may seem a recipe for disaster, but Ahmad Zareh rose to the occasion.

A pharmacist says he interpreted a GP’s prescription wrongly, causing him to dispense the incorrect strength of Sinemet to an older patient last year

The push to operate at the top of their scope sees pharmacists all over New Zealand stepping out of the dispensary to offer new services but, in many places, these services are not funded. Jonathan Chilton-Towle talks to pharmacists going the extra mile

Even before the arrival of Amazon, online shopping is devastating Australian retail. In the past year, sales in physical stores grew only 3 per cent while online shopping grew almost 10 per cent. Foot traffic in physical stores has fallen by almost 5 per cent this year alone

Herne Bay Pharmacy became a house of horrors in the spirit of Halloween this year, delighting its community with crawling zombies, moaning heads and flashing pumpkins.

With more than 10 per cent of New Zealanders suffering from insomnia, sleep deprivation is becoming a big issue. Samantha McPherson looks at what pharmacists can do to help tired people get the shut-eye they desperately need

Wellington’s After Hours Pharmacy is celebrating 100 years of serving the public.

One hundred years ago last month, Otago pharmacist Harold Dodds died on a muddy field in Belgium.

Retired pharmacist Deryk McNamara has donated a horde of pharmaceutical antiques for a museum in Oamaru .