October 2018

With the recent 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, Miranda Cook looks at the place of women in pharmacy and talks to women who have broken down barriers in what once was a male preserve

Data on pharmacies opening and closing within the Auckland region have highlighted a shift towards amalgamation of the pharmacy ownership model – a direction the DHBs are encouraging

Clive Cannons, owner of Clive’s Chemist in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, shares his love of long-distance running with reporter Nerine Zoio

As the Government pledges to rid single-use plastic bags from retail shops over the next year, a Bay of Plenty pharmacy is making headlines for switching to recycled newspaper bags

What do you do when you’ve been through all your incomings and outgoings for the quarter and you’re running at a loss?

Cloud-based management system Medi-Map was developed out of frustration when pharmacist Greg Garratt went in search of an antidote for the 75,000 faxes Invercargill pharmacy received each year

Hee Seung Lee, the owner of four Auckland pharmacies, chats to Pharmacy Today reporter Miranda Cook about tips pharmacy staff can use to counsel patients on being sun smart, how to treat heat-related symptoms and early detection of skin cancer

Staff at a central Wellington Pharmacy are shaken after they were robbed by a gun-wielding man last month

The Pharmacy Guild has formally told the Pharmacy Council it is concerned by its proposed annual practising certificate fee increase and past increases

Māori pharmacist Nora Parore has made it her mission to normalise the use of te reo in her workplace, Life Pharmacy Queensgate in Wellington