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The manager of UFS Pharmacy Wellington says the council’s Let’s Get Wellington Moving Plan is the final nail in the coffin for the 130-year-old business

New Zealand’s largest medicines exporter, Douglas Pharmaceuticals, has hit out at the Therapeutic Products Bill saying it will create unnecessary red tape for exporters

The Pharmaceutical Society will tell Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic

The country is 170 pharmacists short, according to the Health Workforce Plan 2023/24 from Te Whatu Ora, but pharmacists say the reality is far worse

Pharmacy contract talks are set to resume on 10 July now that a new independent chair for the National Annual Agreement Review has been appointed

Bargain Chemist has launched a new telehealth service for minor ailments in collaboration with the Independent Pharmacists Association of New Zealand

Health minister Ayesha Verrall has unveiled the Government's plan to tackle the workforce crisis

As more independent pharmacies close and increasing numbers of discounters open, smaller pharmacies are being urged to advertise that their prescriptions are now free and to highlight their points of difference.

Pharmacies have been busy since the $5 prescription copayment was removed on Saturday and report customers are stoked and surprised 

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports