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The long road towards equity: A chat with Robyn Harris
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The long road towards equity: A chat with Robyn Harris
Sunday 1 November 2020, 01:00 AM
Pharmac senior advisor equity Robyn Harris says all pharmacists should develop trusting relationships with their patients
From working in hospital pharmacy, to supporting pharmacies all over Canterbury, to being an advisor to the group managing the province’s response to COVID-19, Robyn Harris has been busy. But it was helping high-needs patients in Phillipstown, Christchurch, that gave her a taste for equity. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Robyn about her career
Robyn Harris, the new senior advisor equity at Pharmac, has seen inequities preventing patients accessing medicines first hand.
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