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As pressure builds to scrap the $5 prescription copayment, the Government is standing firm on keeping it in place  

Early-career pharmacists might benefit from National’s bonding scheme to retain nurses and midwives 

The newly-formed Prescription Access Initiative group is calling on the Government to scrap the prescription copayment, saying evidence proves it fuels medication nonadherence and patient harm. Paulette Crowley reports

Pharmacy staff were asked to fill in a Pharmacy Today survey about what issues were important to them before next month’s NAAR meetings. They didn’t hold back

Northern Hawke’s Bay’s Wairoa Pharmacy has been badly affected by the closure of the bridge to Napier and is disappointed it will take another month to repair

More training is needed for pharmacy staff after trans comment incident

Sector fears a more straightforward pathway to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders will exacerbate workforce shortages in this country

PSNZ names three pharmacists – Sharon Gardiner, Marilyn Tucker and Natalie Gauld – for top awards

WASHING BOTTLES and dusting and stacking shelves in her father’s pharmacy as a teenager on Auckland’s North Shore was Melanie Begovic’s first foray into pharmacy. Helping out at her father, Jim Begovic’s, Mortar and Pestle pharmacy in Takapuna, ultimately shaped her career.

A new tech partnership is likely to make finding a pharmacy easier - even for patients who are out of town