July 2020

Simplicity was key for The Fono, winner of the Ministry of Health Equity Award at the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

Enthusiasm for the Safety in Practice programme is growing, helped along by winning the ACC Patient Safety Award at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora (NZPHA) in February. 

A Nelson pharmacy company has been fined nearly $400,000 for facilitating a price-fixing agreement between competing pharmacies to charge an additional $1 for prescription fees. 

Since graduating from the University of Otago School of Pharmacy 21 years ago, Amelia Gardner has worked as a locum community pharmacist in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.  

Fungal nail can be an unsightly problem and a difficult subject to broach in a pharmacy setting. Darshana Kanjee, pharmacist at Life Pharmacy in Dunedin, discusses her approach to getting help for patients, with many products on the shelves suitable for treating the problem 

Pharmacy staff often find themselves dealing with stressed and anxious customers, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made its occurrence more frequent. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Auckland pharmacy owner Hee Sueng Lee about how pharmacy staff can help customers who raise mental health concerns 

Tina Hillier, programme coordinator at the ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, has new products in, plus new versions of old favourites 

Australia academic Simon Weaving finds much can be read into a cough on screen but in a time of COVID is it
time to lay this old trope to rest? 

Wellington pharmacist Laura Dowd works at Clive’s Chemist in Wainuiomata and is planning to head to Australia to take on a PhD at Monash University. There, she hopes to continue her hobby of exploring under the sea. Jonathan Chilton-Towle chats to Laura about scuba-diving

An Otago study estimates up to half of the daily activities of a pharmacy are carried out without remuneration.