June 2020

It’s June and we find ourselves bracing for the true impact of the COVID-19 lockdown to hit

The Fono West Dispensary Plus Pharmacy has launched a free Auckland-wide delivery service to ensure the timely delivery of prescription medication for vulnerable patients during COVID-19

Six New Zealand pharmacies closed following the start of COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown but three have since reopened, the Ministry of Health has revealed

New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2 on 14 May, but for the majority of ­pharmacies not much changed.  

Figures released by the Ministry of Health show pharmacist vaccinators have massively outdone themselves in the number of vaccines they delivered to New Zealand’s vulnerable populations so far this year. 

Community Pharmacy Anticoagulant Management Service provides a safe and effective service and should be standard for all warfarin patients in New Zealand, a Palmerston North haematologist says after reviewing the service

The relaxation of a requirement for pharmacies to collect the original copy of faxed prescriptions has been extended to the end of June and is likely to continue for longer

Unichem Wyndham Street co-owner and business manager Zahra Tabar likens the “dramatic” last three months to a Hollywood movie

No pharmacists have been infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic so far, figures from the Ministry of Health show

When Dunedin-based clinical pharmacists Angela Renall, Melissa Copland and Sonia Cox turned up to work on 19 March, they had no idea that just a few hours later they would be nasally swabbing for COVID-19