August 2023

THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY will tell the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic.

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The workforce woes keep coming as being understaffed and underpaid continues to pile pressure on exhausted pharmacy staff. And fewer students are choosing to become pharmacists, reports Paulette Crowley

A small survey of members conducted recently by the Independent Pharmacists Association of New Zealand (IPANZ) shows more than half of the 52 members surveyed are considering changing careers away from community pharmacy.

COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAL the High Court decision in which its pharmacy ownership structure was ruled unlawful.

Vaping rates are rising as fast as tobacco rates are dropping, particularly in children and adolescents. Paulette Crowley takes a look at what part pharmacy could play in reducing vaping

VAPING IS potentially harmful, research confirms, but it’s not clear yet whether it’s more damaging than smoking.

Te Whatu Ora wayfinder Danny Wu holds the purse strings for northern region healthcare, commissioning dollars from Ōtāhuhu to Cape Reinga. He talks to Paulette Crowley about how the health reforms are unfolding for pharmacists

THE MANAGER of UFS Pharmacy Wellington says the council’s Let’s Get Wellington Moving plan was the final nail in the coffin for the 130-year-old business.

“The quiet achiever” is how the Pharmaceutical Society’s departing chief executive officer is described by his colleagues