Pharmacy Practice

Expansion is the name of the game for pharmacy services, and an Auckland study is now assessing the value of introducing dietitian consults for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael reports back from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) world congress held in Abu Dhabi at the end of last month

Three Invercargill pharmacists have set up shop in Invercargill’s Very Low Cost Access practice, He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, introducing a new way for patients to meet copayment costs. 

A Facebook group for locums is now becoming an incorporated society for all employee and contractor pharmacists

The Pharmacy Council received 79 responses to its consultation on raising the annual practising certificate fee, and most of them disagree with the rise

Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand president Ian ­McMichael makes a plea for pharmacists to be heard and recognised for the larger contribution they could make to ­improving the health of New Zealanders 

Southland pharmacist Bernie McKone may have sold his famous Quins Pharmacy and started the process of selling his other pharmacy in Invercargill, but he isn’t slowing down yet.

Pharmacy intern Laura ­Pidcock reflects on her first year on the job so far, and compares it with her new-found love for ­snowboarding

The call to review restrictions on pharmacist vaccinators is getting louder – and not just to enable MMR vaccines to be given in pharmacies

The sight of pedestrians huffing out clouds of sweet-smelling vapour are becoming more common in New Zealand’s towns and cities. Traditionally sold in vape shops, vaping devices are now sold in pharmacies, a move that even has the support of the asthma foundation.