September 2020

Te wiki o te reo Māori is just around the corner: 14–20 Mahuru (September) to be exact, and I’m happy to report I have finally fulfilled an aspiration of nearly three years’ standing, and signed up to learn te reo

When Auckland pharmacist Marium Slaimankhel travelled to Afghanistan last September to get married she thought by now she would be living happily back in New Zealand with her new husband, and maybe even showing him the breathtaking beauty of Queenstown in winter 

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is calling for the ­annual pharmacy contract review negotiations to come out from behind closed doors

Departing DHB pharmacy lead Carolyn Gullery says the major barrier to pharmacists offering more clinical services is the outdated and inflexible electronic payment system used to pay them

The Pharmacy Council’s proposed changes to recertification requirements will rely on pharmacists’ honesty to ensure culturally safe practice standards are being followed

Pharmacists are accusing the Ministry of Health of double ­standards after learning Australian discount chain Chemist Ware­house is recommended to patients at managed isolation facilities across the country  

COVID-19 has led to record numbers of GPs signing up to use electronic prescribing, but a pharmacy IT expert says more funding and better coordination is needed for the resulting rise in workload

The future of pharmacy attracted an enthusiastic crowd to Pharmacy Today’s first Popcorn Panel webinar, with ideas for improvement, questions about how to do it and widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo

Following on from the Popcorn Panel several attendees sent in their ideas for saving community pharmacy