February 2023

Thousands of Kiwi women have signed a petition to Pharmac seeking fully funded oestrogen gels. Paulette Crowley reports 

Kia ora and Happy New Year.

Pharmacist extraordinaire Natalie Gauld is honoured for to be recognised with a New Year Honour her work on improving access to medicines, among her many achievements. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

Five Upper Hutt pharmacies are extending their clinical scope to provide services to patients with minor illnesses in a 12-month pilot. Paulette Crowley reports 

“WHEN I FIRST GOT the news, I was pretty surprised and was not sure if it was real or not,” says Cromwell pharmacist Bernie McKone, who was out having coffee with wife Pippa when he received an email saying he was to receive a New Year Honour.

The pharmacy sector has been shaken by news of an incredibly high failure rate for intern pharmacists last year. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports 

HEALTH MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE says that, while the interns who failed the Assessment Centre will be disappointed, the test is critical for maintaining safe pharmacy practice.

Pharmacy schools are taking novel approaches to attract students to the profession, as a shortage of pharmacists bites.

With just over a month and a half until nominations close, pharmacy owners are being urged to make sure they are represented at the table during the next pharmacy services contract negotiations.

A NEW position at the University of Auckland’s School of Pharmacy has seen Sachin Thakur appointed to the role of associate head (academic).