Community Pharmacy

The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading in Parliament on 20 February.

Pharmacy owners say the sector needs a greater funding increase than previous years to stay sustainable, but they are not hopeful that the 2024 National Annual Agreement Review will achieve this.

THERE HAS BEEN another step towards re-establishing a group that will give advice on pharmacy services.

PHARMACIES ARE THE MOST common first point of contact with healthcare for new migrants, says a study published in the 2 February edition of the New Zealand Medical Journal.

Pharmacist and tutor Muhammad Hussaini loves caffeine, kickboxing, offering patients great service and being a positive influence on his students, as he tells Paulette Crowley

Keeping people safe from potentially faulty medicines takes a combined approach, writes Medsafe group manager Chris James

From sugar-free vitamins to “farmaceutical” skin cream and lip balm, independent pharmacy business consultant Tina Hillier gives her reviews

Two organisations have called for a real-time monitoring system to stop addicts or drug manufacturers shopping around for the precursor to methamphetamine

The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading at Parliament on 20 February

ACT Party leader David Seymour has heard from pharmacists who are worried about the ban on pseudoephedrine being lifted, but says most people are glad they could have it at their disposal again in future