March 2019

The Pharmaceutical Society is working on a quality improvement programme, with a 10-point plan for pharmacists over three years, writes Miranda Cook

Noise around splitting of dispensing and advice pharmacy roles has reared its controversial head in the draft version of the Therapeutic Products Bill

The oral contraceptive pill shortage starting to bite several pharmacies near universities stretched to breaking point as students return to university

Joanna Hikaka, president of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā (the Māori Pharmacists’ Association), explains the role of kaumātua and why appreciating elders is a central tenet of the Māori world view

A senior pharmacy technician is calling for the profession to be registered to help advance technician roles and help shoulder some of pharmacists’ workplace pressures

Isabel Cala, a clinical pharmacist from Mercy Ascot in Auckland, will put her mind and body to the test in the punishing Oxfam Trailwalker event, to raise money to fight poverty in the Pacific.

Time is running out for a Vietnamese pharmacist caught out by a recent change in the Australian Capital Territory’s skill shortage list.

Startling details have emerged of a case involving dozens of pharmacists in the upper North Island dispensing an illegal prescription for popular painkiller tramadol and the antibiotic, metronidazole

A spat has erupted over the Medicines Classification Committee’s recent recommendation that several popular cough and cold medicines available OTC be reclassified. An organisation representing manufacturers of such products is calling for a major reform of the committee, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Chemist Warehouse. The name alone can cause angst for pharmacy owners operating in areas too far away from the retail giant to feel a blow to their books.