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Tell me what you want, what you really, really want: How pharmacy could turn a crisis into a godsend
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Tell me what you want, what you really, really want: How pharmacy could turn a crisis into a godsend
Saturday 2 May 2020, 02:59 PM
Since the advent of the COVID-19 crisis, the New Zealand pharmacy sector has seen unprecedented and rapid changes. In the space of just a few weeks since the lockdown started, vaccination accreditation has been opened up, pharmacists have been permitted to vaccinate far more widely, and the legal requirements around prescriptions have been relaxed to name just a few. With so much change afoot, Pharmacy Today is asking what other updates pharmacists want to see
The COVID-19 pandemic has already created massive change throughout New Zealand society and community pharmacy has been at the forefront of much of it, Ian McMichael , Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael