When asked why Anglesea Pharmacy offers more than the standard runof-the-mill pharmacy services, co-owner Alice Madsen laughs before admitting: “It’s FOMO (fear of missing out)!”
Lessons learned in multicultural neighbourhoods of London, have been brought home and applied to services for Pacific people and other ethnic minority groups in the Waikato region. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports
Staff at Southmall Pharmacy in south Auckland’s Manurewa have jabbed so many MMR vaccines into arms they have now done more than any other pharmacy in Counties Manukau – but they’re only just getting started.
Stephen Child, of health insurer Southern Cross, is questioning the huge range of private specialist fees for procedures, faced by patients and their insurers.
Julie Bramley, from data analytics company IRI New Zealand, looks at the factors behind an almost ubiquitous focus on self-care among New Zealanders today