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For Phil Godderidge of Taranaki pharmacy was always just the back-up plan

National regulations are needed for nail and beauty salons across the country to ensure appropriate health and safety practices are being employed, say beauty therapy experts 

Official information on non-steroidal anti-inflammatories is changing, to make people more aware of the drugs’ cardiovascular risk 

Whanganui pharmacist Des Healy says pharmacy groups accessing funding for extra services is the way of the future, so he’s helping set one up 

More people are heading to pharmacies for strep throat swabbing this winter, but the statistics suggest swabbing alone is not lowering rheumatic fever rates

A world-first DNA testing service is giving Kiwi patients a roadmap for avoiding adverse medications 

A new report from Pharmac further demonstrates that Māori are far less likely than Pākehā to receive appropriate medicines – and it is at least partly due to prescribers’ bias 

A small team of pharmacists working for Otago and Southland’s only PHO is hoping to recruit the help of southern community pharmacists to deliver clinical services as demand grows

Retail manager Janet Morgan is so close to the pharmacist she works for she was at her employer’s granddad’s bedside when he died. 

A free flu vaccination campaign targeting people aged over 65 from the Asian community in the Counties Manukau Health district has so far delivered 14 clinics and seen more than 350 people vaccinated at a number of community centres.