In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Eastmed Pharmacy: Care for the elderly in St Heliers
Wednesday 1 June 2022, 03:30 AM
Members of the Eastmed Pharmacy team, from left: pharmacy owner Chris Leung, technician Radha Patel, pharmacist Karin McClellan and retail manager Tracy Smith
Many pharmacists, particularly young pharmacists, are feeling disillusioned, burned out and are leaving the profession. But amid the doom and gloom, there are many pharmacies around the country serving their communities, enabling pharmacists to work at top of their scope and offering all the cool services they learned about at pharmacy school. In our series “A great place to work” we visit Eastmed Pharmacy in St Heliers, Auckland. Jonathan Chilton- Towle reports
Eastmed Pharmacy is located in the eastMed Integrated Medical Centre, a shared health facility that has a GP clinic and health providers including a p